Cassandra Wanna

ORCID: 0000-0001-9383-7130
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Research Areas
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
  • Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Art Therapy and Mental Health
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration

Wayne State University
2019-2024

Middlebury College
2019

Background: Posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) include a constellation of physical and emotional profiles that youth exposed to trauma may experience. An estimated 20% are trauma, in refugee populations, up 54% experience posttraumatic stress. Given the mental health consequences associated with exposure subsequent psychopathology, identifying biomarkers symptom severity is top research priority.Objective: Previous adults found skin conductance responses interview predicted current future...

10.1080/20008198.2022.2083375 article ES cc-by-nc European journal of psychotraumatology 2022-06-10

Cross-sectional studies have found that individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) exhibit deficits in autonomic functioning. While PTSD rates are twice as high women compared to men, sex differences functioning relatively unknown among trauma-exposed populations. The current study used a prospective design examine

10.1016/j.ynstr.2021.100384 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Neurobiology of Stress 2021-08-21

Introduction Childhood trauma is strongly associated with fear-related psychopathology, like anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Atypical fear extinction neural responses to social threat (i.e., negative emotional faces) may serve as intermediate phenotypes preceding the emergence of psychopathology during childhood adolescence. However, few studies have examined associations among these in trauma-exposed youth. Methods 29 9-year-old children high rates exposure (Mdn = 4, min...

10.1177/20438087221132501 article EN cc-by-nc Journal of Experimental Psychopathology 2022-10-01

Abstract Aim The U.S. resettlement program currently resettles refugees in communities of similar or the same ethnic background known as like‐ethnic communities. This practice provides resettled with a familiar community who may be able to provide support through difficult process. However, by associating community, limit interaction host which have subsequent adverse effects on well‐being. Methods study examined whether satisfaction is moderated premigration factor (trauma history)...

10.1002/jcop.22218 article EN Journal of Community Psychology 2019-07-03

Abstract Background Traumatic events experienced in childhood can lead to increased risk of cardiovascular disorders adulthood. Black Americans are disproportionately affected, as they at for experiencing trauma and diseases One the hypothesized mechanisms this association is through long-lasting dysregulation autonomic nervous system, a hallmark physiological biomarker posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which twice prevalent women compared men. Methods Ninety-one, majority American...

10.1186/s13293-024-00606-2 article EN cc-by Biology of Sex Differences 2024-03-28
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