Ibrahim A Kira
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 643171 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Ibrahim A Kira |
| NOMBRES | Ibrahim A |
| APELLIDO | Kira |
| FIRMA | KIRA I A |
| AFILIACIONES | Georgia State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8126-0020 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 32 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 46 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 32 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Coping with continuos traumatic stressers (gender discrimination, intersected discrimination and Covid-19)
The association of WTELS as a master motivator with higher executive functioning and better mental health
The Differential Impact of Different Covid-19 Stressors on Complex PTSD, PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, and Executive Functions in Kuwait
The purpose of this study is to investigate the differential impact of various COVID-19 stressors (economic, infection fears, grief, and lockdown stressors) and their cumulative impact on peri-post-COVID-19 syndrome. Peri-post-COVID-19 syndrome (PPCS) is a mental health and cognitive syndrome associated with chronic traumatic stress, particularly COVID-19. The sample consisted of 490 Kuwaiti citizens aged 18–60 years ( M = 24.97, SD = 9.10), with…
A type III continuous trauma perspective on the effects of increased ongoing hostility, discrimination, community violence and poverty on refugees' mental health and cognitive functioning
Hostilities and discrimination against refugees are continuous traumatic stressors (type III trauma) different from single past trauma. The goal was to measure their potential effects longitudinally. Recruiting 190 Syrian refugees in Turkey, we measured, two times, depression, complex PTSD, PTSD, anxiety, executive function, cumulative stressors, resilience, identity salience and the will to exist, live, survive and fight (WTELS‐F). We measured c…
The effects of Covid-19 continuous traumatic stressors on mental health and cognitive functioning
The differential mental health impact of Covid-19 in Arab countries
The Cross-National Validity and Structural Invariance of the Existential Annihilation Anxiety Scale
The Effects of Type III Traumatic Stressors of the Protracted Conflict and Prolonged Covid-19 on Syrians Internally Displaced
This study aimed to validate the Type III continuous traumatic stress model assumptions and use it to assess the effect of intersected traumas of civil war and COVID-19 stressors on internally displaced Syrian people. We recruited 891 Syrians from camps (46.5% females, aged 18–90 years [ M = 30.81, SD = 12.04]). We measured COVID-19 stressors, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), complex PTSD (CPTSD), depression, anxiety, and executive functions…
Coping with Covid-19 Prolonged and Cumulative Stressors
Are torture survivors more resilient and develop higher PTG, than nontortured refugees
The relationship of Covid‐19 traumatic stress, cumulative trauma, and race to posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms
The purpose of this study was to test if coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) traumatic stress predicts posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms after cumulative trauma and whether there is a three‐way interaction between COVID‐19 traumatic stress, cumulative trauma, and race in the prediction of PTSD. Using a cross‐sectional design, a diverse sample of 745 participants completed measures of cumulative trauma, COVID‐19 traumatic stress, and P…
Intersected discrimination through the lens of Covid-19
test between Muslims and Christians. We conducted hierarchical regression analyses using the Christian minority subsample to see if intersected discrimination is predictive of COVID-19 hospitalization. We conducted two-path analyses, one with intersected discrimination as an independent variable and the second with the different discrimination types as independent variables. Intersected discrimination predicted COVID-19 hospitalization. The prima…
Measuring interfaith spirituality
The overlap between religion and spirituality made it difficult to develop a refined comprehensive measure of interfaith spirituality (IFS). The current study tries to fill this gap. The authors, based on extensive review of different spiritual religious traditions, developed a conceptual framework of IFS that includes 5 interconnected components: direct connection with the creating force, asceticism, the unity of existence, meditation, and divin…
Discrimination and mental health of Christians in Egypt
The impact of discrimination on the Egyptian Christians minority’ mental health has never been evaluated. The current study utilised Egyptian data that included 247 Christian. The data included measures for discrimination, identity salience, interfaith spirituality, religiosity, “Will to Exist, Live and Survive” (WTELS), reappraisal, self-esteem, posttraumatic growth, collective existential annihilation anxiety (Col-EAA), psychopathology, and pos…
The Impact of Covid-19 Traumatic Stressors on Mental Health
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11469-021-00577-0
Will to Exist, Live and Survive” (WTELS)
Appraisals and emotion regulation mediate the effects of identity salience and cumulative stressors and traumas, on PTG and mental health
One of the relatively ignored variables in most refugees’ trauma studies is the role of the damaged identities. We extended the model of identity as a dynamic non-linear system in the context of identity traumas and tested it in Syrian refugees. We empirically explored the effects of identity salience and cumulative stressors and traumas (CST), as mediated by appraisal and emotional regulation, on posttraumatic growth (PTG) and mental health of S…
The central role of social identity in oppression, discrimination and social-structural violence
Trauma Proliferation and Stress Generation (TPSG) dynamics and their implications for clinical science
The current research and clinical focus on single traumas fails to assess numerous important trauma dynamics including trauma proliferation. In this study, 2 trauma proliferation pathways were identified that utilize a developmentally based trauma framework (DBTF). Data previously collected from 6 different cultural groups (N = 2279; 2 mental health clinics in Egypt and the United States, Native Americans, Palestinian adults in Gaza, and college …
A Threatened Identity
This study utilized the development-based trauma framework on identity traumas to study the cumulative effects of trauma on the identities of Syrian refugees. Participants included 196 Syrian refugees residing in Cairo, Egypt (Mean age = 35.99, SD = 11.05). The rate of post-traumatic stress disorder was 33.5%, and the rate of depression was around 30%; the level of comorbidity was high with a high rate of suicidal plans or attempts (13.7%). Analy…
The health effect of the Syrian conflict on IDPs and refugees
A critical outlook at torture definition, structure, dynamics, and interventions
Toward identifying the etiologies of gender differences in authoritarianism and mental health
Psychometric assessment of the Arabic version of the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness (Ismi) measure in a refugee population
The study explored the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the ISMI measure on an Arab sub-sample ( N = 330) in a health clinic that served mostly refugees in Michigan, USA. Study measures included the ISMI, PTSD, depression, anxiety, CTD (Cumulative Trauma Disorders), and traumatic stress measures. Data analysis included factor analysis, correlation, and multiple regression analysis. The Arabic form of the measure was found to have …
Dynamics of oppression and coping from traumatology perspective
The effects of post-retribution inter-group forgiveness
Research on forgiveness on the interpersonal level has found evidence of its positive health and mental health effects. However, there is no research on the health and mental health benefits of forgiveness in political conflicts. The removal of the dictator and the war in Iraq has provided researchers with opportunities to answer some questions about the effects of forgiveness in political conflicts. This study used a modified measure of forgiven…
The central role of social identity in oppression, discrimination and social-structural violence
The health effect of the Syrian conflict on IDPs and refugees
Dynamics of oppression and coping from traumatology perspective
The Effects of Torture
The goal of the 2 studies discussed in this article was to explore how persons who have undergone torture and other general trauma differ from persons who have undergone only general trauma and to compare the effects of torture to other kinds of traumas. The studies were conducted in 2001 and 2003. Contrary to our hypotheses, we found that although tortured individuals have a significantly higher trauma dose, they are more resilient, are more soc…
The relationship of Covid‐19 traumatic stress, cumulative trauma, and race to posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms
The purpose of this study was to test if coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) traumatic stress predicts posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms after cumulative trauma and whether there is a three‐way interaction between COVID‐19 traumatic stress, cumulative trauma, and race in the prediction of PTSD. Using a cross‐sectional design, a diverse sample of 745 participants completed measures of cumulative trauma, COVID‐19 traumatic stress, and P…
Psychometric assessment of the Arabic version of the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness (Ismi) measure in a refugee population
The study explored the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the ISMI measure on an Arab sub-sample ( N = 330) in a health clinic that served mostly refugees in Michigan, USA. Study measures included the ISMI, PTSD, depression, anxiety, CTD (Cumulative Trauma Disorders), and traumatic stress measures. Data analysis included factor analysis, correlation, and multiple regression analysis. The Arabic form of the measure was found to have …
A type III continuous trauma perspective on the effects of increased ongoing hostility, discrimination, community violence and poverty on refugees' mental health and cognitive functioning
Hostilities and discrimination against refugees are continuous traumatic stressors (type III trauma) different from single past trauma. The goal was to measure their potential effects longitudinally. Recruiting 190 Syrian refugees in Turkey, we measured, two times, depression, complex PTSD, PTSD, anxiety, executive function, cumulative stressors, resilience, identity salience and the will to exist, live, survive and fight (WTELS‐F). We measured c…
Toward identifying the etiologies of gender differences in authoritarianism and mental health
The Mental Health Effects of Retributive Justice
The goal of this study was to examine whether the retributive justice enacted by the elimination of the oppressive regime in Iraq has positive mental health effects on Iraqi refugees. The study was conducted on a sample of 501 Iraqi refugees. Data was collected with measures for retributive justice, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), cumulative trauma disorder (CTD), cumulative trauma, futuristic orientation, sociocultural adjustment, post-tr…
The Effects of Torture
The goal of the 2 studies discussed in this article was to explore how persons who have undergone torture and other general trauma differ from persons who have undergone only general trauma and to compare the effects of torture to other kinds of traumas. The studies were conducted in 2001 and 2003. Contrary to our hypotheses, we found that although tortured individuals have a significantly higher trauma dose, they are more resilient, are more soc…
The Physical and Mental Health Effects of Iraq War Media Exposure on Iraqi Refugees
The focus of this study was to explore the effects of watching or listening to news about the war in Iraq on the physical and mental health in a sample of 501 Iraqi refugees. We used measures of media exposure, families and friends killed in the war, cumulative trauma, torture, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), cumulative trauma disorders, and health. Data indicates media exposure to war news was highly predictive of PTSD and poor health aft…
The effects of post-retribution inter-group forgiveness
Research on forgiveness on the interpersonal level has found evidence of its positive health and mental health effects. However, there is no research on the health and mental health benefits of forgiveness in political conflicts. The removal of the dictator and the war in Iraq has provided researchers with opportunities to answer some questions about the effects of forgiveness in political conflicts. This study used a modified measure of forgiven…
The Effects of Perceived Discrimination and Backlash on Iraqi Refugees’ Mental and Physical Health
The effects of discrimination and the post-9/11 backlash on Iraqi refugees have not yet been fully examined. The present study aimed to adapt a scale of the perceived backlash (BTS; a modified version of the Race Related Stressors Scale), and measure its relationships with Cumulative Trauma Dose (CTD), Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and health. The BTS was found to have high reliability; and construct, convergent, divergent, and predictiv…
The effects of trauma types, cumulative trauma, and PTSD on IQ in two highly traumatized adolescent groups
We investigated the relationship between trauma type, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and intelligence quotient (IQ) utilizing a development-based taxonomy of trauma in a sample of 390 African-American adolescents and Iraqi refugee adolescents. Utilizing structural equation modeling, we compared different “good-fitting” models that describe the specific relationships between different trauma types, PTSD cluster symptoms (i.e., re-experienci…
The Linear and Nonlinear Associations between Multiple Types of Trauma and IQ Discrepancy Indexes in African American and Iraqi Refugee Adolescents
Dynamics of oppression and coping from traumatology perspective
Psychometric assessment of the Arabic version of the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness (Ismi) measure in a refugee population
The study explored the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the ISMI measure on an Arab sub-sample ( N = 330) in a health clinic that served mostly refugees in Michigan, USA. Study measures included the ISMI, PTSD, depression, anxiety, CTD (Cumulative Trauma Disorders), and traumatic stress measures. Data analysis included factor analysis, correlation, and multiple regression analysis. The Arabic form of the measure was found to have …
Toward identifying the etiologies of gender differences in authoritarianism and mental health
A Threatened Identity
This study utilized the development-based trauma framework on identity traumas to study the cumulative effects of trauma on the identities of Syrian refugees. Participants included 196 Syrian refugees residing in Cairo, Egypt (Mean age = 35.99, SD = 11.05). The rate of post-traumatic stress disorder was 33.5%, and the rate of depression was around 30%; the level of comorbidity was high with a high rate of suicidal plans or attempts (13.7%). Analy…
The health effect of the Syrian conflict on IDPs and refugees
A critical outlook at torture definition, structure, dynamics, and interventions
Appraisals and emotion regulation mediate the effects of identity salience and cumulative stressors and traumas, on PTG and mental health
One of the relatively ignored variables in most refugees’ trauma studies is the role of the damaged identities. We extended the model of identity as a dynamic non-linear system in the context of identity traumas and tested it in Syrian refugees. We empirically explored the effects of identity salience and cumulative stressors and traumas (CST), as mediated by appraisal and emotional regulation, on posttraumatic growth (PTG) and mental health of S…
The central role of social identity in oppression, discrimination and social-structural violence
Trauma Proliferation and Stress Generation (TPSG) dynamics and their implications for clinical science
The current research and clinical focus on single traumas fails to assess numerous important trauma dynamics including trauma proliferation. In this study, 2 trauma proliferation pathways were identified that utilize a developmentally based trauma framework (DBTF). Data previously collected from 6 different cultural groups (N = 2279; 2 mental health clinics in Egypt and the United States, Native Americans, Palestinian adults in Gaza, and college …
Will to Exist, Live and Survive” (WTELS)
Measuring interfaith spirituality
The overlap between religion and spirituality made it difficult to develop a refined comprehensive measure of interfaith spirituality (IFS). The current study tries to fill this gap. The authors, based on extensive review of different spiritual religious traditions, developed a conceptual framework of IFS that includes 5 interconnected components: direct connection with the creating force, asceticism, the unity of existence, meditation, and divin…
Discrimination and mental health of Christians in Egypt
The impact of discrimination on the Egyptian Christians minority’ mental health has never been evaluated. The current study utilised Egyptian data that included 247 Christian. The data included measures for discrimination, identity salience, interfaith spirituality, religiosity, “Will to Exist, Live and Survive” (WTELS), reappraisal, self-esteem, posttraumatic growth, collective existential annihilation anxiety (Col-EAA), psychopathology, and pos…
The Impact of Covid-19 Traumatic Stressors on Mental Health
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11469-021-00577-0
The effects of Covid-19 continuous traumatic stressors on mental health and cognitive functioning
The differential mental health impact of Covid-19 in Arab countries
The Cross-National Validity and Structural Invariance of the Existential Annihilation Anxiety Scale
The Effects of Type III Traumatic Stressors of the Protracted Conflict and Prolonged Covid-19 on Syrians Internally Displaced
This study aimed to validate the Type III continuous traumatic stress model assumptions and use it to assess the effect of intersected traumas of civil war and COVID-19 stressors on internally displaced Syrian people. We recruited 891 Syrians from camps (46.5% females, aged 18–90 years [ M = 30.81, SD = 12.04]). We measured COVID-19 stressors, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), complex PTSD (CPTSD), depression, anxiety, and executive functions…
Coping with Covid-19 Prolonged and Cumulative Stressors
Psychology (32 obras) · Clinical Psychology (22 obras) · Migration, Health and Trauma (22 obras) · Psychiatry (22 obras) · Mental health (19 obras) · Medicine (16 obras) · Political science (13 obras) · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (13 obras) · Clinical Psychology (11 obras) · Refugee (11 obras)