Transmitted Trauma and the Implications of its Effects

Psychology of Trauma
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Psychology of Trauma
Transmitted trauma is a concept that refers to the potential passing down of trauma from one person to another. In most cases, transmitted trauma refers to intergenerational trauma where a parent who has gone through a traumatizing event passes on their trauma to future generations. This type of trauma may have unprecedented effects on future generations of military service members, communities and families. The following is a succinct discussion of these effects. First, extensive evidence has revealed that combat trauma may affect how genes are expressed (Isobel et al., 2019). Therefore, the offspring of a person who has undergone combat trauma is more prone to trauma than the offspring of a person who has not experienced trauma. Therefore, it is possible that future generations of military personnel with c...