The COVID-19 pandemic does not fit into prevailing Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
models, or diagnostic criteria, yet emerging research shows traumatic stress symptoms as a …

Trigger warnings, content warnings, or content notes are alerts about upcoming content that
may contain themes related to past negative experiences. Advocates claim that warnings …

Trigger warnings are messages alerting people to content containing themes that could cause
distressing emotional reactions. Advocates claim that warnings allow people to prepare …

In an attempt to mitigate the negative impact of graphic online imagery, Instagram has
introduced sensitive-content screens—graphic images are obfuscated with a blur and …

Burnette et al. aimed to validate two eating disorder symptom measures among transgender
adults recruited from Mechanical Turk (MTurk). After identifying several data quality issues, …

Background and objectives Trigger warnings have been described as helpful—enabling
people to “emotionally prepare” for upcoming trauma-related material via “coping strategies.” …

Avoidance is one of the purported benefits and harms of trigger warnings—alerts that upcoming
content may contain traumatic themes. Yet, previous research has focused primarily on …

By blurring sensitive images and providing a warning, Instagram’s sensitive-content screens
seek to assist users—particularly vulnerable users—in making informed decisions about …

A trigger warning is an alert that upcoming material containing distressing themes might “trigger”
the details and emotion associated with a negative memory to come to mind. Warnings …

Instagram’s sensitive-content screens seek to minimize engagement with negative content
by blurring sensitive images and providing a warning. However, the very design of sensitive-…