Journal of Traumatic Stress

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Traumatic Stress is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Longitudinal associations among experiences of sexual assault, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and heavy drinking in young adults58
Impact of veteran‐led peer mentorship on posttraumatic stress disorder38
Harnessing psychedelics for treating posttraumatic stress disorder: Does the science support all the hype?37
Editorial: State of the Journal35
Sexual abuse among Mozambican women at risk for HIV/AIDS infection: The temporal stability of self‐report31
Implementation of group cognitive processing therapy in correction centers: Anticipated determinants from formative evaluation28
Military sexual trauma in context: Ethnoracial differences in ecological resources among treatment‐seeking veterans27
Examination of race‐based traumatic stress symptom networks in Black adults in the United States: A network analysis26
Combining a stellate ganglion block with prolonged exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: A nonrandomized clinical trial26
Bisexual minority stress as a risk factor for sexual violence‐related posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among bisexual+ women: A multilevel analysis26
The interplay between cortisol and oxytocin in aggressive adolescents: The role of trauma24
Gender differences in medication prescribing patterns for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: A 10‐year follow‐up study23
Moral injury: State of the Science23
Mental health in traumatically bereaved individuals: The role of loss‐related, personal, interpersonal, and emotion regulation factors22
Children with sexual behavior problems: Ties to child maltreatment, family functioning, and help‐seeking21
Daily exposure to combat‐related cues and posttraumatic stress symptoms among veterans: Moderating effects of peri‐ and postdeployment experiences21
Measuring resilience using language modeling: A computational approach to observing resilience20
Measurement invariance of the PTSD Checklist for DSM‐5 across eight countries and samples with diverse trauma experiences19
The impact of substance use on posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and treatment discontinuation18
Cognition improvement in U.S. veterans undergoing treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder: Secondary analyses from a randomized controlled trial17
Posttraumatic stress disorder, Veterans Health Administration use, and care‐seeking among recent‐era U.S. veterans17
Employment status among US military veterans with a history of posttraumatic stress disorder: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study17
Linguistic and affective characteristics of script‐driven imagery for adults with posttraumatic stress order: Associations with clinical outcomes during deep transcranial magnetic stimulation17
Fear of sin and fear of God: Scrupulosity predicts women's daily experiences of mental contamination following sexual trauma17
Associations among sleep quality, cognitive processing therapy, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in a primary care setting16
Partner outcomes from an uncontrolled trial of Couple HOPES: A guided online couple intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder and relationship enhancement16
Expression of Concern: Posttraumatic Growth After MDMA‐Assisted Psychotherapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder15
Wounds that won't wash away: Disgust and trauma‐related contamination in military veterans seeking treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder15
Persecution and migration experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and other sexual and gender minority asylum seekers15
Contributing factors to secondary traumatic stress and vicarious posttraumatic growth in therapists15
The dialectics of trauma and political conscientization: A psychosocial study of activism for supporting sexual and gender minoritized communities in Brazil15
Examining the between‐ and within‐person associations among perceived sleep quality and mental health symptoms in emergency medical service clinicians13
The Middle‐Out Approach to reconceptualizing, assessing, and analyzing traumatic stress reactions13
Identifying transdiagnostic traumatic stress reactions in U.S. military veterans: A nationally representative study13
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Perceptions of parenthood and child development among parents who experienced child maltreatment12
Positive emotion in posttraumatic stress disorder: A global or context‐specific problem?11
Diagnostic accuracy and psychometric performance of two self‐report measures of posttraumatic stress disorder in older veterans11
Early and recent military and nonmilitary stressors associated with posttraumatic stress symptoms among military service members and their spouses11
Posttraumatic growth related to the COVID‐19 pandemic among individuals with lived experience of psychiatric disorder11
Clarifying the association between adverse childhood experiences and postdeployment posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity: A meta‐analysis and large‐sample investigation10
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Posttraumatic stress symptom reduction after gender‐affirming medical interventions: A longitudinal study10
Sociocultural determinants of mental health among male sexual trauma survivors10
Conceptualizing impulsivity as a construct in relation to posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity among women10
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Context, coping, and mental health in refugees living in protracted displacement10
Psychological distress across 2 years of the COVID‐19 pandemic differs by age and by race/ethnicity10
Associations between higher exposure to potentially morally injurious events and negative posttraumatic cognition trajectories throughout cognitive processing therapy10
The prevalence of childhood bullying and violence victimization and subsequent risk of adult revictimization in the Norwegian population: A cross‐sectional study10
Exploring the association between moral injury and posttraumatic stress symptoms among Canadian public safety personnel9
What I was thinking/what I would do differently: Clinical research9
Royal Canadian Mounted Police cadets’ exposure to potentially psychologically traumatic events during the Cadet Training Program9
Paraprofessional delivery of online narrative exposure therapy for firefighters9
Gender differences in mental health outcomes among Afghanistan veterans exposed to war zone trauma9
Comparing diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder in a diverse sample of trauma‐exposed youth9
Social interactions in trauma disclosure: A multi‐informant and multiconstruct investigation9
Associations among posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, life satisfaction, and well‐being comparisons: A longitudinal investigation9
Examining written exposure therapy for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in Azerbaijan: A pilot study8
Psychometric considerations of Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire: Structure, validity, and the development of a supplementary instrument8
Adverse childhood experiences, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and compulsive behaviors among adults in substance use treatment: A latent class analysis8
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Indirect effects of Seeking Safety plus sertraline on alcohol use: The mediating role of reductions in posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity8
Problematic anger in a treatment‐seeking Canadian veteran population: Prevalence, assessment, and treatment implications8
Therapist perceptions of treating posttraumatic stress disorder in pregnancy: The VIP Study8
Rethinking trauma‐related psychopathology in the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP)8
Military exposures and Gulf War illness in veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder8
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The bumpy road of trauma‐focused treatment: Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom exacerbation in people with psychosis7
Correction to “Predicting posttraumatic stress disorder caseness using the PTSD Checklist for DSM‐5 among patients receiving care for HIV”7
Introduction to the Special Issue on the 39th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies: Scalable strategies to address the impact of trauma worldwide7
Long‐term negative mental health outcomes in mothers exposed to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico during the pre‐ and perinatal periods7
Understanding the role of COVID‐19–related workplace stress and institutional betrayal on mental health in nurses: Some heroes wear scrubs7
Childhood and adulthood trauma exposure: Associations with perinatal mental health and psychotherapy response7
A 1‐year follow‐up of the My Grief app for prolonged grief7
State of the Science: Prolonged exposure therapy for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder7
Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom change in youth after trauma‐focused cognitive behavioral therapy: Insights from cross‐sectional and cross‐lagged panel network analysis7
Using the Moral Injury and Distress Scale to identify clinically meaningful moral injury7
The impact of immigration detention on the mental health of refugees and asylum seekers7
Saliendo adelante : Understanding trauma and resilience in immigrant families from Central America7
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Differential impact of type of killing on posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in U.S. Army soldiers deployed to Afghanistan7
Investigating the effects of suicide exposure among a clinical sample of active duty service members6
An examination of relationship satisfaction as a predictor of outcomes of brief couple therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder6
Recalled protective childhood experiences are associated with positive emotional expression in active‐duty firefighters6
Conflict, trauma, and coping: The experiences of internally displaced people in northern Ethiopia6
The mental health of forcibly displaced couples6
The network structure of psychopathological and resilient responses to the pandemic: A multicountry general population study of depression and anxiety6
Child posttraumatic stress symptoms in an acute injury sample: Patterns of associations among child report, parent report, and child heart rate parameters6
Body‐and movement‐oriented interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder: An updated systematic review and meta‐analysis6
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Childhood trauma and drinking motives as predictors of sexual assault in college students6
Roles, challenges, and possibilities of traumatic stress professional societies around the world6
Negative affect provides a context for increased distrust in the daily lives of individuals with a history of childhood maltreatment6
Early predictors of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder symptom trajectories in U.S. Army soldiers deployed to the Iraq war zone6
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What I was thinking/what I would do differently: Biological markers and mechanisms of mental health6
Social support as a predictor of outcomes of cognitive behavioral therapy with a trauma focus delivered face‐to‐face and via guided internet‐based self‐help6
Cumulative trauma, adversity, and loss among juvenile justice–involved girls: Implications for health disparities6
Early life abuse and neglect in breast cancer survivors: Associations with physical and psychological health throughout diagnosis and survivorship5
Improving access to evidence‐based interventions for trauma‐exposed adults in low‐ and middle‐income countries5
Erratum for “Asylee perspectives on psychotherapies for posttraumatic stress”5
Reducing response bias in reports of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder: An application of the nonverbal response card in a survey of youth in Burkina Faso5
Adverse childhood experiences, individual‐level risk and protective factors, and recent drug use in a community sample of Nigerian women5
A summary of the 38th Annual International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Presidential Panel: How the traumatic stress community can assist individuals affected by the war in Ukraine5
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Cognitive processing therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in first responders and veterans: Flexing the approach with explicit case formulation5
The role of symptom accommodation in trauma‐focused treatment engagement and response5
Direct comparison of reconsolidation of traumatic memories and prolonged exposure therapy: A randomized controlled trial5
A unique combination of horror and longing: Traumatic grief in post–October 7, 2023, Israel5
Familial genetic risk for posttraumatic stress disorder: Associations with clinical features5
The impact of item order on the factor structure of the PTSD Checklist for DSM‐55
Am I safe around you? Attachment figure activation increases perceived security but does not reduce negative interpretations of neutral expressions5
Posttraumatic stress disorder and hypertension in older adult Vietnam Era male and female veterans5
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Walking the line between fidelity and flexibility: A conceptual review of personalized approaches to manualized treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder5
Medical board transparency regarding physician sexual misconduct: Two years post–policy updates5
Therapists’ experience of the lifeline in narrative exposure therapy5
Expression of Concern: Sleep Quality Improvements After MDMA‐Assisted Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder5
Correction to Posttraumatic Growth fter MDMA‐Assisted Psychotherapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder5
Trajectories of posttraumatic stress symptoms following collective violence: A systematic review and meta‐analyses5
Age differences in long‐term mortality among male nonveterans, noncombat veterans, and combat veterans5
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Differential associations between race‐based traumatic stress and major, everyday, and vicarious racial discrimination among young adults of color4
Predictors of treatment completion in group psychotherapy for male veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder4
Perceived betrayal moderates the effects of battlefield experiences on suicidal ideation and help‐seeking4
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Adverse childhood experiences, health risk factors, and significant problems with substances and behaviors among U.S. college students4
Conceptualizing disparities and differences in the psychobiology of traumatic stress4
Sexual compulsivity, erectile dysfunction, and suicidality among male survivors of military sexual violence4
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A mixed‐methods investigation of a digital mental health tool to manage posttrauma anger4
Social support and treatment utilization for posttraumatic stress disorder: Examining reciprocal relations among active duty service members4
Event centrality and posttraumatic stress symptoms after traumatic injury: A longitudinal investigation4
Disorder‐specific and transdiagnostic vulnerability to posttraumatic stress symptoms: A machine learning approach4
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Trajectories of depression predict patterns of resilience following loss and potentially traumatic events4
Therapeutic impacts of recalling and processing positive autobiographical memories on posttrauma health: An open‐label study4
Traumatic brain injury and mental health outcomes among recently incarcerated men4
Cognitively augmented behavioral activation for veterans with comorbid mild traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder4
Expanding the framework of attention in posttraumatic stress disorder: Commentary on Clauss et al. (2025)4
What we talk about when we talk about trauma: Content overlap and heterogeneity in the assessment of trauma exposure4
Predicting optimal treatment outcomes in phase‐based treatment and direct trauma‐focused treatment among patients with posttraumatic stress disorder stemming from childhood abuse4
Traumatic stress in the South Asian diaspora: A narrative review4
Impaired recognition of facial expressions of emotions in refugees: The role of war‐related trauma3
Cuento de nunca acabar [never‐ending story]: Compounding trauma and mental health among undocumented Latinx immigrants3
The impact of age‐related differences in emotion dysregulation on refugee mental health and social outcomes3
Investigating the latent structure of the International Trauma Questionnaire to assess ICD‐11 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD in an adult civilian sample during the Ukrain3
Dimensional approaches to studying, assessing, and treating traumatic stress: Introduction to the Special Section3
Advances, challenges, and future directions in trauma‐related Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable (FAIR) data efforts3
Testing a dose‐response effect of the visuospatial game Tetris on intrusive memories3
The feasibility and utility of trauma screening for children involved in the juvenile justice system3
Psychosocial impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on women with trauma histories: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)3
Emotional reactivity linking assaultive trauma and risky behavior: Evidence of differences between cisgender women and men3
Trauma‐informed systems change training has transcultural, transcontinental transformative healing power: An analysis of leaders in the United States and Angola, Africa3
Cultural group and self‐construal moderate the association between expressive suppression and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms3
The impact of prior head injury on outcomes following group and individual cognitive processing therapy among military personnel3
The central importance of expressive suppression to posttraumatic stress symptoms: A network analysis3
Caregiver and provider perspectives on the needs of families waiting for trauma therapy3
Network psychometrics and the network approach to posttraumatic stress disorder: A conceptual and methodological overview3
Toward standard guidelines for reporting and using clinic‐ and system‐level observational data: Commentary on Lancaster et al. (2025)3
Terror leaves adolescents behind: Identifying risk and protective factors for high‐school completion among survivors of terrorism3
Impact of moral injury and posttraumatic stress disorder on health care utilization and suicidality in rural and urban veterans3
Intersectional discrimination, identity conflict, and posttraumatic stress symptoms among bisexual+ people of color3
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Traumatic and stressful life events as precipitants of obsessive compulsive disorder and social anxiety disorder3
A pilot randomized controlled trial of online written exposure therapy delivered by peer coaches to veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder3
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From posttraumatic stress symptoms to suicidal ideation among military veterans: Pathways founded on meaning in life and gratitude3
“God was with me”: A qualitative study of Christian meaning‐making among refugees3
Beyond symptom reduction: Veterans’ goals for posttraumatic stress disorder treatment3
An online intervention designed to reduce self‐stigma and increase help‐seeking in Arabic‐speaking refugees with posttraumatic stress symptoms: A randomized controlled trial3
A clinician's guide to the 2023 VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder3
Longitudinal associations among resilience, social isolation, and gender in U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan–era veterans3
Exploring the prevalence and predictors of prolonged grief disorder among children and adolescents bereaved by the 2023 earthquake in Turkey3
A meta‐analysis of the association between posttraumatic stress symptoms and problematic sexual behavior among preteen children3
Religion and spirituality as pathways to resilience: The role of positive coping and postmigration stress in displaced populations3
Safety fears and relocation stressors related to flawed buildings: Ireland's defective concrete crisis3
Examining the associations between posttraumatic stress disorder symptom clusters across cognitive processing therapy3
A mixed‐methods analysis of survivors’ motives for “self‐triggering” with trauma reminders3
Psychosocial hazards, posttraumatic stress disorder, complex posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety in the U.K. rail industry: A cross‐sectional study3
The journey back to normality: Support systems and posttrauma needs following exposure to single‐incident trauma among children and adolescents3
Posttraumatic stress disorder factor structure in hurricane‐affected Puerto Ricans: A PTSD Checklist for DSM‐5 comparison with non‐Latiné White individua3
Sexual assault characteristics and posttraumatic stress symptoms among collegiate women: The role of posttraumatic cognitions3
Associations between posttraumatic stress and stroke: A systematic review and meta‐analysis3
Transness is our salve: How trans identity facilitates healing from relational trauma with parental figures3
Evaluating coordination and quality of care among veterans receiving posttraumatic stress disorder care in the community3
Experiences of intimate partner violence and valued living among women veterans: The role of self‐efficacy3
Treatment of comorbid sleep disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder in U.S. active duty military personnel: A pilot randomized clinical trial3
Exploring trajectories in transdiagnostic behavior therapy3
Leveraging observational data to identify in‐session patient and therapist predictors of cognitive processing therapy response and completion3
State of the Science: MDMA‐assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder3
Associations between DSM‐5 posttraumatic stress disorder Criterion E2 endorsement and selected self‐destructive behaviors in recent‐era veterans: A focus on disordered eating2
Altered bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and amygdala responses to threat in combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder2
#BlueGirl: A study of collective trauma on Twitter2
Psychosocial contributions of discrimination to traumatic stress adaptation among transgender and nonbinary adults: A longitudinal examination2
Changes in pain and related health outcomes after cognitive processing therapy in an active duty military sample2
Potentially traumatic pandemic stressors and anxiety‐related sleep disturbance among Latinx persons2
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Trauma and mental health among North Korean refugees living in South Korea: The role of acculturative stress2
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Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom trajectories in a 16‐month COVID‐19 pandemic period2
2022 Annual Acknowledgement of Reviewers2
Psychological distress and pain related to gynecologic exams among female survivors of sexual and physical violence: A systematic review2
Impact of an interoception intervention on posttraumatic stress disorder in military service members: The role of the acceptance of internal sensations2
Disaster exposure and mental health among Puerto Rican teachers after Hurricane Maria2
Trauma exposure correlates among patients receiving care in federally qualified health centers2
Inflammation following childhood maltreatment is associated with episodic memory decline in older adults2
Military sexual trauma and mental health counseling: Effects on resilience over time among recent‐era U.S. veterans2
Data‐informed selection of evidence‐based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder and co‐occurring symptoms2
Machine learning prediction of posttraumatic stress disorder trajectories following traumatic injury: Identification and validation in two independent samples2
Discontinuation and nonpublication of clinical trials for the pharmacologic treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder among military veterans2
A scoping review of psychosocial interventions delivered by non–mental health workers following disaster events2
A laboratory examination of risky sexual behavior among female sexual trauma survivors2
Maltreatment, resilience, and sexual relationship power in a sample of justice‐involved women with opioid use disorder2
Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, posttraumatic cognitions, and dissociative experiences following rape: The roles of rape tactics and peritraumatic tonic immobility2
Racial discrimination increases the risk for nonremitting posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in traumatically injured Black individuals living in the United States2
Feasibility and acceptability of written exposure therapy group in a virtual outpatient setting2
Understanding trauma as contextualized adverse life events that threaten the individual: Commentary in response to Marx et al. (2024)2
Acceptability of a smartphone‐based intervention targeting anxiety sensitivity among women receiving emergency care after sexual assault: A pilot uncontrolled trial2
Symptom validity indices in the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM‐52
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The first trauma‐informed critical incident review: The active shooter mass violence incident at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas2
Recall of posttraumatic stress disorder treatment information2
Introduction to the special section on the long‐term health impact of trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder, comorbid conditions, and aging2
The contributions of social network support and reciprocity to posttraumatic stress symptoms across time among parents and caregivers impacted by the ABC Day Care Center fire in Hermosillo, Mexico2
A meta‐analysis of the association between shame and dissociation2
A mixed‐methods evaluation of why an implementation trial failed to engage veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder in trauma‐focused psychotherapy2
Testing the factor structure of the International Trauma Questionnaire in a sample of violence‐exposed women living in Northern Ireland2
Sociodemographic circumstances, health, and life experience shape posttraumatic distress trajectories among individuals exposed to smoke during a large‐scale coal mine fire2
Gender‐specific associations among trauma type, sociodemographic conditions, and posttraumatic stress symptom severity: Evidence from a nationally representative Icelandic sample2
Attributional negativity bias and acute stress disorder symptoms mediate the association between trauma history and future posttraumatic stress disorder2
State of the science: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy2
“A slap in the face”: Institutional betrayal, burnout, and career choice regret among frontline health care workers serving COVID‐19 patients2
“Pitching” posttraumatic stress disorder treatment: A qualitative study of how providers discuss evidence‐based psychotherapies with patients2
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