Karen S Mitchell
Biographic Data
| ID | 127074 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen S Mitchell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen S |
| FAMILY NAME | Mitchell |
| SIGNATURE | MITCHELL K S |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Center for PTSD |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1516-7239 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Posttraumatic resilience and growth
These findings highlight character strengths that may be most important to cultivate in trauma-focused care for survivors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Identifying candidate mechanisms of comorbidity in disordered eating and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among U.S. veterans
Cross-sectional network models of PTSD and DE symptoms largely replicated across national samples of U.S. veterans and between men and women within samples. Cognitive features of both disorders, along with avoidance, may partially underlie comorbidity and represent potential treatment targets. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Adapting to survive … and thrive
This forward offers a brief summary of the articles in the forum and provides a justification for why adaptation of literary and cultural texts to the stage remains vibrant
Gender differences in direct and indirect associations of trauma types with disordered eating in a national U.S. veteran sample
Findings support the need for gender-specific interventions that target different mechanisms contributing to DE symptoms among veterans. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
Latent Class Analysis of Self-directed Violence and Indirect Self-harm Behaviors
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to (1) examine whether the latent class structure of individuals engaging in self-directed violence and indirect self-harm behaviors (eg, substance use, disordered eating) varied by gender in a sample of US veterans, and (2) test the associations of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depressive symptoms with the resulting classes. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional data from 3581 veterans, ages 18-50 (51.9% identified…
The Affective Control Scale
Both general and specific fears of emotion were associated with specific PTSD symptoms in trauma-exposed veterans. Despite this, results support the use of a modified ACS total score, capturing general fear of emotion, rather than the subscale scores, capturing fear of specific emotions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Examining the Association between Trauma Exposure and Work-Related Outcomes in Women Veterans
Women veterans have high rates of trauma exposure, including military sexual trauma (MST), which are associated with numerous health and psychosocial consequences. However, associations between trauma history and work-related outcomes are less well-characterized. We examined whether military-related and non-military trauma types were associated with work-related outcomes and whether posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression symptoms med…
Eating disorder symptoms in female veterans
EDSs are common among female veterans, and trauma exposures are differentially associated with symptom severity. It is critical to assess for EDSs in female veterans, particularly those with a history of military-related trauma, to facilitate detection and appropriate treatment. (PsycINFO Database Record
Depression and dissociation as predictors of physical health symptoms among female rape survivors with posttraumatic stress disorder
Understanding the psychological and biological mechanisms that link childhood versus adult trauma exposure, PTSD, and comorbid depression or dissociation to physical health symptoms may aid development of individualized treatments for the physical and psychological consequences of trauma. (PsycINFO Database Record
An Investigation of Body Appreciation, Ethnic Identity, and Eating Disorder Symptoms in Black Women
Positive body image, such as body appreciation or acceptance, has gone largely unexamined in women of color in comparison with more pathological body attitudes. In an effort to promote and extend positive body image research, this study examined the reliability and validity of the Body Appreciation Scale (BAS) in Black college women, as well as the relation between ethnic identity and body appreciation. Participants were 228 Black college women (…
Forum Theatre for Bystanders
This article introduces the "Forum Theatre for Bystanders" (FTB) approach to gender violence prevention as practiced by social change groups at several midwestern universities in the United States. Largely informed by Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed and contemporary research on bystander theory, the Forum Theatre for Bystanders model offers a community-based approach that increases bystander responsibility and reduces victim blaming. The …
How Does Citizenship Mean
Additional informationNotes on contributorsKaren S. MitchellKaren S. Mitchell is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Northern IowaSonja Arsham KuftinecSonja Arsham Kuftinec is Associate Professor of Theatre Arts and Dance at the University of MinnesotaHarry BrodHarry Brod is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at the University of Northern Iowa
Evaluation of a Structural Model of Objectification Theory and Eating Disorder Symptomatology Among European American and African American Undergraduate Women
The current study evaluated a structural equation model of objectification theory among European American (n = 408) and African American women (n = 233). Modeling results indicated a particularly strong association between thin-ideal internalization/body monitoring and eating disorder symptoms, with weaker relationships among body dissatisfaction, depression, anxiety, and eating disorder symptoms. The measurement model was not equivalent for Euro…
Anxiety, Alexithymia, and Depression as Mediators of the Association between Childhood Abuse and Eating Disordered Behavior in African American and European American Women
This study evaluated structural equation models of the associations among family functioning, childhood abuse, depression, anxiety, alexithymia, and eating disorder symptomatology in a sample of 412 European American and 192 African American female undergraduates. Additionally, the specific roles of anxiety, depression, and alexithymia as mediators were assessed. Each of these variables was a significant mediator of the association between childh…
Seamless intertexts
This essay synthesizes theories of intertextuality in order to offer a method for studying a type of performance text: the seamless intertext. Specifically, those performance texts that combine various perspectives and discourses engender variation in audience response through the interplay of extrinsic and intrinsic intertextuality. It identifies four categories of intrinsic intertexts, evident in Emily Mann's play Execution of Justice, and anal…
An Investigation of Body Appreciation, Ethnic Identity, and Eating Disorder Symptoms in Black Women
Positive body image, such as body appreciation or acceptance, has gone largely unexamined in women of color in comparison with more pathological body attitudes. In an effort to promote and extend positive body image research, this study examined the reliability and validity of the Body Appreciation Scale (BAS) in Black college women, as well as the relation between ethnic identity and body appreciation. Participants were 228 Black college women (…
Evaluation of a Structural Model of Objectification Theory and Eating Disorder Symptomatology Among European American and African American Undergraduate Women
The current study evaluated a structural equation model of objectification theory among European American (n = 408) and African American women (n = 233). Modeling results indicated a particularly strong association between thin-ideal internalization/body monitoring and eating disorder symptoms, with weaker relationships among body dissatisfaction, depression, anxiety, and eating disorder symptoms. The measurement model was not equivalent for Euro…
Forum Theatre for Bystanders
This article introduces the "Forum Theatre for Bystanders" (FTB) approach to gender violence prevention as practiced by social change groups at several midwestern universities in the United States. Largely informed by Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed and contemporary research on bystander theory, the Forum Theatre for Bystanders model offers a community-based approach that increases bystander responsibility and reduces victim blaming. The …
Anxiety, Alexithymia, and Depression as Mediators of the Association between Childhood Abuse and Eating Disordered Behavior in African American and European American Women
This study evaluated structural equation models of the associations among family functioning, childhood abuse, depression, anxiety, alexithymia, and eating disorder symptomatology in a sample of 412 European American and 192 African American female undergraduates. Additionally, the specific roles of anxiety, depression, and alexithymia as mediators were assessed. Each of these variables was a significant mediator of the association between childh…
How Does Citizenship Mean
Additional informationNotes on contributorsKaren S. MitchellKaren S. Mitchell is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Northern IowaSonja Arsham KuftinecSonja Arsham Kuftinec is Associate Professor of Theatre Arts and Dance at the University of MinnesotaHarry BrodHarry Brod is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at the University of Northern Iowa
Seamless intertexts
This essay synthesizes theories of intertextuality in order to offer a method for studying a type of performance text: the seamless intertext. Specifically, those performance texts that combine various perspectives and discourses engender variation in audience response through the interplay of extrinsic and intrinsic intertextuality. It identifies four categories of intrinsic intertexts, evident in Emily Mann's play Execution of Justice, and anal…
Seamless intertexts
This essay synthesizes theories of intertextuality in order to offer a method for studying a type of performance text: the seamless intertext. Specifically, those performance texts that combine various perspectives and discourses engender variation in audience response through the interplay of extrinsic and intrinsic intertextuality. It identifies four categories of intrinsic intertexts, evident in Emily Mann's play Execution of Justice, and anal…
Anxiety, Alexithymia, and Depression as Mediators of the Association between Childhood Abuse and Eating Disordered Behavior in African American and European American Women
This study evaluated structural equation models of the associations among family functioning, childhood abuse, depression, anxiety, alexithymia, and eating disorder symptomatology in a sample of 412 European American and 192 African American female undergraduates. Additionally, the specific roles of anxiety, depression, and alexithymia as mediators were assessed. Each of these variables was a significant mediator of the association between childh…
How Does Citizenship Mean
Additional informationNotes on contributorsKaren S. MitchellKaren S. Mitchell is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Northern IowaSonja Arsham KuftinecSonja Arsham Kuftinec is Associate Professor of Theatre Arts and Dance at the University of MinnesotaHarry BrodHarry Brod is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at the University of Northern Iowa
Evaluation of a Structural Model of Objectification Theory and Eating Disorder Symptomatology Among European American and African American Undergraduate Women
The current study evaluated a structural equation model of objectification theory among European American (n = 408) and African American women (n = 233). Modeling results indicated a particularly strong association between thin-ideal internalization/body monitoring and eating disorder symptoms, with weaker relationships among body dissatisfaction, depression, anxiety, and eating disorder symptoms. The measurement model was not equivalent for Euro…
Forum Theatre for Bystanders
This article introduces the "Forum Theatre for Bystanders" (FTB) approach to gender violence prevention as practiced by social change groups at several midwestern universities in the United States. Largely informed by Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed and contemporary research on bystander theory, the Forum Theatre for Bystanders model offers a community-based approach that increases bystander responsibility and reduces victim blaming. The …
An Investigation of Body Appreciation, Ethnic Identity, and Eating Disorder Symptoms in Black Women
Positive body image, such as body appreciation or acceptance, has gone largely unexamined in women of color in comparison with more pathological body attitudes. In an effort to promote and extend positive body image research, this study examined the reliability and validity of the Body Appreciation Scale (BAS) in Black college women, as well as the relation between ethnic identity and body appreciation. Participants were 228 Black college women (…
Depression and dissociation as predictors of physical health symptoms among female rape survivors with posttraumatic stress disorder
Understanding the psychological and biological mechanisms that link childhood versus adult trauma exposure, PTSD, and comorbid depression or dissociation to physical health symptoms may aid development of individualized treatments for the physical and psychological consequences of trauma. (PsycINFO Database Record
Eating disorder symptoms in female veterans
EDSs are common among female veterans, and trauma exposures are differentially associated with symptom severity. It is critical to assess for EDSs in female veterans, particularly those with a history of military-related trauma, to facilitate detection and appropriate treatment. (PsycINFO Database Record
The Affective Control Scale
Both general and specific fears of emotion were associated with specific PTSD symptoms in trauma-exposed veterans. Despite this, results support the use of a modified ACS total score, capturing general fear of emotion, rather than the subscale scores, capturing fear of specific emotions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Examining the Association between Trauma Exposure and Work-Related Outcomes in Women Veterans
Women veterans have high rates of trauma exposure, including military sexual trauma (MST), which are associated with numerous health and psychosocial consequences. However, associations between trauma history and work-related outcomes are less well-characterized. We examined whether military-related and non-military trauma types were associated with work-related outcomes and whether posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression symptoms med…
Latent Class Analysis of Self-directed Violence and Indirect Self-harm Behaviors
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to (1) examine whether the latent class structure of individuals engaging in self-directed violence and indirect self-harm behaviors (eg, substance use, disordered eating) varied by gender in a sample of US veterans, and (2) test the associations of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depressive symptoms with the resulting classes. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional data from 3581 veterans, ages 18-50 (51.9% identified…
Gender differences in direct and indirect associations of trauma types with disordered eating in a national U.S. veteran sample
Findings support the need for gender-specific interventions that target different mechanisms contributing to DE symptoms among veterans. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
Adapting to survive … and thrive
This forward offers a brief summary of the articles in the forum and provides a justification for why adaptation of literary and cultural texts to the stage remains vibrant
Identifying candidate mechanisms of comorbidity in disordered eating and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among U.S. veterans
Cross-sectional network models of PTSD and DE symptoms largely replicated across national samples of U.S. veterans and between men and women within samples. Cognitive features of both disorders, along with avoidance, may partially underlie comorbidity and represent potential treatment targets. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Posttraumatic resilience and growth
These findings highlight character strengths that may be most important to cultivate in trauma-focused care for survivors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
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