Date

5-16-2024

Department

School of Behavioral Sciences

Degree

Doctor of Education in Community Care and Counseling (EdD)

Chair

Robert Pincus

Keywords

Trauma, COVID-19, Perceived Stress, high school students

Disciplines

Counseling

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic created historical trauma that will be felt for years to come. As the world begins sifting through the impacts, adolescents with previous trauma could be among the greatest sufferers. Rooted in trauma theory, this study aimed to examine the effects on high school students with previous trauma in a rural county in the southeastern United States. Variables such as previous mental health or counseling services, gender, socioeconomic status, race or ethnicity, and number of generations living in the home were all examined for those students having four or more ACEs. Through a quantitative design and with passive consent, high school students were asked to complete an online survey using demographic data, as well as the ACEs questionnaire and the PSS-10-C to evaluate perceived stress effects of the pandemic on students with previous trauma (Campo-Arias et al., 2020; Cohen et al., 1983; Felitti et al., 1998). Completed surveys totaled 446 but the sample was then narrowed to only include students with four or more ACEs (n=67). Although results for each hypothesis were not significant, there is more to explore in this topic of interest. With these results, the opportunity exists for further research with these variables to understand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on students with previous trauma.

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