ARQ Kenniscentrum Oorlog, Vervolging en Geweld deed onderzoek naar de doorwerking van het collaboratieverleden op nabestaanden. Hoe ervaren zij 4 mei? Onderzoeker Lucia Hoenselaars bespreekt de resultaten. 

Hoe staan musea in Noordoost Nederland stil bij de bevrijding die volgde in 1945? Monique Brinks bezocht twee regionale musea in Nijverdal en Grootegast, waar objecten de hoofdrol spelen. 

Redacteur Pepijn de Koning bezocht het Apeldoornsche Bosch. Heden en verleden komen samen in dit herinneringscentrum, zo stelt hij, wat voor ongemak zorgt. Maar is dit ongemak een zwakte, of juist een kracht? 

De bevrijding van het zuiden kwam onverwachts, met desastreuze gevolgen voor gevangenen in Kamp Vught. Onderzoeker Savenije pleit voor aandacht voor deze slachtoffers wanneer we denken aan de bevrijding. 

Cecile Post schreef het redactioneel. Net als vrijheid nu, was bevrijding nooit eenduidig, zo laten alle stukken zien: het verschilde per regio, per moment, per idividu. 

A minority of bereaved adults experiences prolonged grief disorder, depression, and/or posttraumatic stress disorder, with heightened risks observed among bereaved parents. Cognitive-behavioural therapies, both face-to-face and online, have demonstrated efficacy in treating post-loss mental health problems. Mobile phone applications potentially offer an efficient and cost-effective way to deliver self-help to bereaved adults, yet controlled effectiveness studies are lacking.

The European Journal of Psychotraumatology (EJPT) was launched in 2010. In this editorial, wereview the journal’s developments over the past 15 years, and discuss some of the currentethical challenges in scientific publishing, including the impact of generative AI. How canwe responsibly use these new technologies?

Additionally, we present 15 years of journalmetrics, highlight past and upcoming special issues on ‘hot topics,’ and are pleased toannounce awards for the best paper and best reviewer of 2023, recognizing twooutstanding recipients.

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The full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine led to numerous physical and moral challenges. The paper aims to estimate the role of family as a social resilience driver in managing wartime challenges on a regional level. It used the online survey method based on Google Forms and online focus-group interviews in September-November 2022. Household members (1,089 respondents) of Kyiv, Lviv, Zakarpattia, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Dnipropetrovsk territorial communities were surveyed.

Although the Northern Nigerian state of Kaduna has the second highest incidence of violent conflicts among Nigeria’s 36 states, the population generally reports a low level of expected victimization. A large-N survey conducted in the state in 2021 showed that 65% of the population believe they are unlikely to be directly affected by violent conflict in the future.

Background: Little is known about the naturalistic course of posttraumatic cognitions (PTCs) after exposure to a potentially traumatic event (PTE) in children and adolescents. Moreover, previous studies on the longitudinal associations of PTCs with internalising symptoms yielded mixed results.

Objective: To explore the naturalistic courses and longitudinal associations of dysfunctional PTCs and functional PTCs with posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), depression, and anxiety.