This semester, my inquiry question is “how does childhood trauma impact child/adult development? This is a heavy topic with many layers to it, so I will be breaking it up into different sections that I think are important.
My first step to my research will be learning about how childhood trauma affects emotional regulation skills in children. Experiencing childhood trauma is something that can impact how children regulate and express their emotions, and I want to have a better understanding of this on more of a detailed level. There are so many ways that childhood trauma impacts child development, and I think that looking at the emotional aspects of this first will be a good way to start answering my inquiry question, and will give me a good foundation to continue my research.
My second step will be researching about how experiencing childhood trauma can impact social relationships. When people experience trauma, it becomes more difficult to build healthy relationships and trust others, and I want to have a deeper understanding of why that is. This will help me answer my inquiry question because social skills are a huge part of child development, and in order to understand how childhood trauma impacts child/adult development, I need to look at various areas of that. After I research social relationships in childhood trauma survivors, I will have a better understanding and a new perspective of child development.
My final step will be researching how childhood trauma impacts mental health. Experiencing trauma is something that can also increase the risk of developing mental health disorders like depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. People who have been through trauma have a very different experience with their mental health than those who have not experienced trauma, and I think this is a topic that is very important to understand.
After researching all three of these sub topics, I will have a much deeper understanding of how childhood trauma impacts child/adult development, and I will be able to answer my inquiry question!
How this question will have implications for other individuals and my community:
I think this is an important question because people need to be more aware of childhood trauma, and the drastic effects it can have on someone’s life. One common form of childhood trauma can stem from experiencing abuse, and I think the more people understand the signs of trauma and abuse, the more preventable these situations can be. Trauma is something that I believe everyone needs to be educated and informed about, and I think this question can raise awareness about it, and even make people become more empathetic to those around them.
5 sources:
- https://www.nctsn.org/what-is-child-trauma/trauma-types/complex-trauma/effects#:~:text=Emotional%20Responses,depression%2C%20anxiety%2C%20or%20anger.
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4091823/
- https://psychcentral.com/blog/how-childhood-trauma-affects-adult-relationships#:~:text=Childhood%20trauma%20can%20impact%20relationships,rapidly%20from%20newborn%20to%20toddlerhood.
- https://www.bridgestorecovery.com/blog/trauma-childhood-abuse-affects-interpersonal-relationships-begin-healing/
- https://onlinenursing.duq.edu/blog/childhood-trauma/
Thank you for reading (:
Hey Shaila! As always, I loved reading your post and cannot wait to follow this journey of yours. Topics relating to child development have always interested me as that is something I want to go into future. The way you have broken down your main research question makes it easy to follow for your reader and enjoyable to read as well.
As I look forward to following you on this journey, here are a couple resources I thought you might find helpful.
1. https://yourcounselling.ca/how-childhood-trauma-affects-adult-mental-health/
This first resource should help you in researching your big topic a little more as it focuses on “How childhood trauma affects mental health in adulthood”.
2. https://www.samhsa.gov/child-trauma/understanding-child-trauma
This is another resource that I thought would help you find facts that you could add into your blog posts regarding childhood trauma.
I look forward to following your journey in answering this question.
Best of luck!
Anannya Balachandran
Hello Shaila I really appreciate you for a well done job as far as child trauma is concerned.I love how you have done your research .Topics relating to child are very interesting to me and I have been able to learn more from your research and how you have broken down your points that are easily understandable and easy to read. I am looking forward to following you in this journey.
Hi Samantha,
Thank you for commenting! Topics relating to children are also very interesting to me, and I’m very passionate about the protection of children. I appreciate your encouraging words and I wish you luck on your own project!
-Shaila