Ask Elklit
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 822902 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Ask Elklit |
| PRENOMES | Ask |
| SOBRENOME | Elklit |
| ASSINATURA | ELKLIT A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Southern Denmark |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8469-7372 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 42 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 42 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
World Assumptions and Attachment Anxiety Mediate Associations between Adverse Childhood Experiences and DSO Symptoms in Faroese Adolescents
The Danish Police’s Response to Stalking
Background: This study aimed to investigate the experiences of Danish help-seeking stalking victims who had been in contact with the police, or decided not to contact them, within the timeframe of 2015–2023. Methods: This cross-sectional study used two datasets collected by the Danish Stalking Center in 2015–2020 and 2020–2023, respectively. In total, 1,019 respondents were included in the analyses. Results: Most stalking victims were women (88.8…
Is Self‐Report of Attachment Patterns in Young People Stable From Three to Nine Months After a Concussion
Insecure adult attachment patterns have recently been associated with an increased risk of developing persistent post‐concussion symptoms (PCS) and poorer treatment outcomes, highlighting the potential of attachment‐informed treatment protocols for persistent PCS. A key requirement for such approaches is that attachment patterns remain relatively stable during the post‐injury illness course, allowing them to serve as reliable indicators for guidi…
Psychometric Properties of the Danish International Trauma Questionnaire—Child and Adolescent Version (ITQ‐CA)
With the introduction of the ICD‐11 diagnostic manual, the need for developing and validating new assessment instruments has become urgent. The International Trauma Questionnaire‐Child and Adolescent version (ITQ‐CA) assesses posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD) based on the ICD‐11 diagnostic definition. This study examines the psychometric properties of the Danish version of the ITQ‐CA in a non‐clinical sample of 226 ado…
A nationally representative survey of ICD‐11 PTSD among Danish adolescents and young adults aged 15–29
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is recognized as a debilitating psychiatric disorder affecting populations worldwide. This has inspired many countries to estimate the national prevalence rates of PTSD in Europe and beyond. At present, there are no published representative studies that have assessed the occurrence of trauma exposure and PTSD in Denmark using a valid measurement based on ICD‐11 criteria. A national sample of the general popula…
Painful love
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health issue throughout the world, and it can have many severe and lifelong sequelae for its victims. Women from ethnic minority groups experience and report more IPV than ethnic Danish women. In shelters, the former group have a higher occurrence of post-traumatic stress than Danish women. The study analyses the reasons women choose to stay or leave abusive relationships using Lacan’s discourse analysi…
Exploring Independent and Cumulative Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences on PTSD and CPTSD a Study in Ugandan Adolescents
Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is related to higher morbidity and mortality among adolescents. The present study analyzed the independent and cumulative effects of ACE exposure on the likelihood of PTSD and a CPSTD diagnosis in Ugandan adolescents. A sample of 401 schoolchildren participated in the study. The primary aim was to collect information on ACEs, PTSD, CPTSD, and attachment styles among adolescents living in different …
Preliminary Danish Norms for the Odense Child Trauma Screening (OCTS)
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40653-024-00616-7
Social support utilization’s effect on post-traumatic stress symptoms
To our knowledge, this is the first study investigating the relationship between utilization of multiple, concurrent social support types and PTSS. This study suggests that to understand the effects of social support among ambulance personnel, it is necessary to assess the utilization of multiple concurrent support types, contributing factors to social support use, and different patterns of social support utilization that constitutes professional…
The co-occurrence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and their associations with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Indian and Malaysian adolescents
BACKGROUND: Although it is well-established that people can experience multiple traumatic events, there are few studies examining the co-occurrence of such experiences in non-Western nations. The current study sought to examine the occurrence of multiple potentially traumatic experiences (PTEs) and their associations with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among adolescents from two Asian nations. METHODS: Latent class analysis (LCA) was employ…
Psychological distress 35 years after the Chornobyl accident in the Lithuanian clean-up workers
The adverse effects on the health of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant accident clean-up workers have been reported previously. However, there is a lack of studies on the mental health of Chornobyl clean-up workers. The current study explored psychological distress in a sample of Lithuanian clean-up workers 35 years after the accident. In total, 107 Lithuanian Chornobyl clean-up workers (Mage = 62.5) and 107 controls were included in the study. T…
Crisis social support after work-related violence and threats and risk for depressive symptoms
The study results indicate that depressive symptoms following work-related violence or threats can be mitigated by prolonged social support. We recommend that organizations continue to offer crisis social support in the subsequent months, and not just immediately after a violent or threating incident
Trauma exposure and diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth Edition) posttraumatic stress disorder among Danish adults
Exposure to psychologically threatening events is an important factor in explaining probable PTSD risk and severity although not independently leading to a significant increase in probable PTSD rates. Probable rates of DSM-5 PTSD are higher than Danish official estimates in a random sample of the Danish adult population (6.8%-6.9% compared to 1%). The generalizability of study findings is limited by nonrepresentativity, the use of self-report mea…
A Latent Class Analysis of Adverse Life Events for Kenyan Adolescents
Extant evidence indicates that exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACE) tend to cluster among children and adolescents. Considering that adolescents from African countries present higher risk of being exposed to multiple ACE compared to other countries, the identification of victimization profiles in this population is clearly warranted. The aim of this study was to determine meaningful clusters of individuals with similar experiences of A…
Improvements in Compassion and Fears of Compassion throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic
During large-scale disasters, social support, caring behaviours, and compassion are shown to protect against poor mental health outcomes. This multi-national study aimed to assess the fluctuations in compassion over time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Respondents (Time 1 n = 4156, Time 2 n = 980, Time 3 n = 825) from 23 countries completed online self-report questionnaires measuring the flows of compassion (i.e., Compassionate Engagement and Actio…
Operationalization, implications and correlates of the cultural deviance criterion for ICD-11 and DSM-5 prolonged grief disorder
Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) is included in ICD-11 and DSM-5-TR and includes a requirement of cultural deviance. This study examined endorsement rates and factors associated with endorsement of this criterion among Danish bereaved spouses (n = 425) and their adult children (n = 159) four years post-loss. In total, 7.5% (n = 44) participants endorsed this criterion. Both including and excluding the criterion, the prevalence rates for probable DS…
Attachment Orientations Mediate the Effect of World Assumptions on Posttraumatic Stress in Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Recent research indicates that world assumptions are broad cognitive-affective schemas that affect attachment orientations in close relationships which in turn affect psychological symptoms severity. The present study analyzed if adult attachment mediated the effect of world assumptions (worthiness of the self, benevolence and meaningfulness of the world) on PTSD symptoms (PTS), in survivors of childhood sexual abuse during treatment for PTSD. Sa…
A latent class analysis of adverse childhood life events in Ugandan adolescents
This study aimed to characterise adverse childhood events (ACEs) experiences of school-going Ugandan adolescents (female = 50.6%, with diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder: PTSD = 38.2%; mean age = 15.9 years, SD = 1.2 years). The children completed the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire. Latent class analysis yielded three groups of “low risk” (individuals with low probabilities of experiencing most of the adverse life events), “intermediate ri…
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptoms in Secondary Stalked Children of Danish Stalking Survivors—A Pilot Study
There is a lack of research examining secondary stalking and its effect on children who, in many cases, can be direct targets, or secondary survivors, of the stalking of their parent. The present study examines trauma reactions in children of stalking survivors in a Danish sample. It investigates the differences and similarities of such reactions across three age groups. Fifty-seven children were divided into groups depending on their age. The sy…
When Daddy Stalks Mommy
This study examined intimate partner stalking experienced by 196 mothers stalked by the father of their children. Respondents completed a questionnaire concerning experiences of stalking and level of support by the authorities. Results revealed higher rates of harassing than violent stalking. In many cases, the children were also targeted by the stalking. Encounters with several agencies were common, but respondents were often not recognized as v…
Sex differences in PTSD symptoms
These findings indicate that despite the presence of DIF for 2 DSM-5 symptoms, this does not provide firm support for nonequivalence across sex. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
Child Maltreatment and Disordered Eating in Adulthood
The Association Between Distinct Categories of Child Abuse Experiences and Dating Violence in Early Adolescence
PTSD, mental illness, and care among survivors of sexual violence in Northern Uganda
Survivors of sexual violence are at risk of PTSD and report major obstacles to treatment and care. More resources should be allocated for interventions to improve access to care for survivors of sexual violence. Psychoeducation to create awareness, demystify myths and public stigma about mental illness, and trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapies to reduce PTSD among survivors are recommended. (PsycINFO Database Record
Typologies of child sexual abuse
The results show that "typologies" of CSA may provide a useful way to describe complex patterns of abuse while also facilitating future investigations of CSA outcome and treatment need. (PsycINFO Database Record
Different sources of loneliness are associated with different forms of psychopathology in adolescence
When Daddy Stalks Mommy
This study examined intimate partner stalking experienced by 196 mothers stalked by the father of their children. Respondents completed a questionnaire concerning experiences of stalking and level of support by the authorities. Results revealed higher rates of harassing than violent stalking. In many cases, the children were also targeted by the stalking. Encounters with several agencies were common, but respondents were often not recognized as v…
General Practice Utilization After Sexual Victimization
There is a growing research literature that indicates that sexual victimization results in increased physical health problems and health service utilization. This study aimed to examine the relationship between attendance at a center for rape victims and frequency of contact with general practitioners. The study used matched case-control design, and information about general practitioner use over a 7-year period was drawn from the Danish Civil Re…
Rape Crimes
This study examined level of acute psychological distress and perceived social support in 64 victims of rape and the association with police case decisions and victims' willingness to participate in the investigation. The results of independent-sample t tests revealed that victims' unwillingness to participate in the investigation was significantly associated with a higher level of psychological distress in the acute phase following the assault. …
Post-disaster psychosocial services across Europe
Operationalization, implications and correlates of the cultural deviance criterion for ICD-11 and DSM-5 prolonged grief disorder
Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) is included in ICD-11 and DSM-5-TR and includes a requirement of cultural deviance. This study examined endorsement rates and factors associated with endorsement of this criterion among Danish bereaved spouses (n = 425) and their adult children (n = 159) four years post-loss. In total, 7.5% (n = 44) participants endorsed this criterion. Both including and excluding the criterion, the prevalence rates for probable DS…
The Association Between Distinct Categories of Child Abuse Experiences and Dating Violence in Early Adolescence
Prototypic Features of Loneliness in a Stratified Sample of Adolescents
Dominant theoretical approaches in loneliness research emphasize the value of personality characteristics in explaining loneliness. The present study examines whether dysfunctional social strategies and attributions in lonely adolescents can be explained by personality characteristics. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 379 Danish Grade 8 students (M = 14.1 years, SD = 0.4) from 22 geographically stratified and randomly selected school…
General Practice Utilization After Sexual Victimization
There is a growing research literature that indicates that sexual victimization results in increased physical health problems and health service utilization. This study aimed to examine the relationship between attendance at a center for rape victims and frequency of contact with general practitioners. The study used matched case-control design, and information about general practitioner use over a 7-year period was drawn from the Danish Civil Re…
Family Structure as a Risk Factor for Women’s Sexual Victimization
Loneliness, Depressive Symptomatology, and Suicide Ideation in Adolescence
The latent structure of acute stress disorder
Different sources of loneliness are associated with different forms of psychopathology in adolescence
Attachment in adolescence
Previous studies reported that immigrants’ health worsens with acculturation to US lifestyle; however, role of health insurance has not been investigated. We used crosssectional National Immigrant Survey (n = 6,381) to examine the potential moderating effect of health insurance on the association between time in the US and self reported changes in health (comparing health status before and after immigration)and current health status. Separate log…
Post-disaster psychosocial services across Europe
Testing a multiple mediator model of the effect of childhood sexual abuse on adolescent sexual victimization
The present study modeled the direct relationship between child sexual abuse (CSA) and adolescent peer-to-peer sexual victimization (APSV) and the mediated effect via variables representing the number of sexual partners, sexual risk behavior, and signaling sexual boundaries. A cross-sectional study on the effect of CSA on APSV was conducted, utilizing a multiple mediator model. Mediated and direct effects in the model were estimated employing Mpl…
Correlates of Coping Styles in an Adolescent Trauma Sample
Gender-Specific Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Adolescents
An assessment of the construct validity of the ICD-11 proposal for complex posttraumatic stress disorder
Results provide initial evidence regarding the factorial validity of the proposed ICD-11 model of CPTSD. In addition, current results support the proposals of the ICD-11 that exposure to abuse during early development is associated with a greater likelihood of CPTSD than PTSD. The study contributes to a growing body of empirical data supporting the construct validity of CPTSD as a unique diagnostic entity. (PsycINFO Database Record
Anger, Guilt and Shame as Mediators in the Relationship Between war Experiences and PTSD
PTSD, mental illness, and care among survivors of sexual violence in Northern Uganda
Survivors of sexual violence are at risk of PTSD and report major obstacles to treatment and care. More resources should be allocated for interventions to improve access to care for survivors of sexual violence. Psychoeducation to create awareness, demystify myths and public stigma about mental illness, and trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapies to reduce PTSD among survivors are recommended. (PsycINFO Database Record
Typologies of child sexual abuse
The results show that "typologies" of CSA may provide a useful way to describe complex patterns of abuse while also facilitating future investigations of CSA outcome and treatment need. (PsycINFO Database Record
Are Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Connected to Psychiatric Comorbidity in Danish Pre-Schoolers
Exposure to Bullying Among Adolescents Across Nine Countries
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder among child perpetrators and victims of violence from the Northern Uganda civil war
War experiences are known risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other poor psychosocial outcomes. This study aimed to assess the extent to which perpetrating violence (operationalised as intentional and unintentional killing or mutilation) and being a victim of violence (operationalised as being a victim of violence, e. g., witnessing violence, injuries, torture) predict PTSD and other psychosocial outcomes independently in w…
Rape Crimes
This study examined level of acute psychological distress and perceived social support in 64 victims of rape and the association with police case decisions and victims' willingness to participate in the investigation. The results of independent-sample t tests revealed that victims' unwillingness to participate in the investigation was significantly associated with a higher level of psychological distress in the acute phase following the assault. …
Sex differences in PTSD symptoms
These findings indicate that despite the presence of DIF for 2 DSM-5 symptoms, this does not provide firm support for nonequivalence across sex. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
Child Maltreatment and Disordered Eating in Adulthood
The Association Between Distinct Categories of Child Abuse Experiences and Dating Violence in Early Adolescence
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptoms in Secondary Stalked Children of Danish Stalking Survivors—A Pilot Study
There is a lack of research examining secondary stalking and its effect on children who, in many cases, can be direct targets, or secondary survivors, of the stalking of their parent. The present study examines trauma reactions in children of stalking survivors in a Danish sample. It investigates the differences and similarities of such reactions across three age groups. Fifty-seven children were divided into groups depending on their age. The sy…
When Daddy Stalks Mommy
This study examined intimate partner stalking experienced by 196 mothers stalked by the father of their children. Respondents completed a questionnaire concerning experiences of stalking and level of support by the authorities. Results revealed higher rates of harassing than violent stalking. In many cases, the children were also targeted by the stalking. Encounters with several agencies were common, but respondents were often not recognized as v…
A latent class analysis of adverse childhood life events in Ugandan adolescents
This study aimed to characterise adverse childhood events (ACEs) experiences of school-going Ugandan adolescents (female = 50.6%, with diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder: PTSD = 38.2%; mean age = 15.9 years, SD = 1.2 years). The children completed the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire. Latent class analysis yielded three groups of “low risk” (individuals with low probabilities of experiencing most of the adverse life events), “intermediate ri…
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