{"id":145910,"date":"2019-05-22T12:04:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/?p=145910"},"modified":"2019-05-22T13:54:43","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T17:54:43","slug":"wilson-comments-on-the-psychological-effects-of-mass-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/2019\/05\/22\/wilson-comments-on-the-psychological-effects-of-mass-shootings\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson Comments on the Psychological Effects of Mass Shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_126716\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/Wilson_Laura_2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-126716\" class=\"wp-image-126716 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/Wilson_Laura_2015-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Assistant Professor of Psychology Laura Wilson\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/Wilson_Laura_2015-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/Wilson_Laura_2015-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/Wilson_Laura_2015.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-126716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assistant Professor of Psychology Laura Wilson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Assistant Professor of Psychology Laura Wilson recently commented in the national media on the psychological effects on survivors of mass shootings.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson, the co-author of the <em>The Wiley Handbook of the Psychology of Mass Shootings, <\/em>said the following to Buzzfeed News in an article entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/amberjamieson\/school-shooting-graduate-senior-community-support\">&#8220;If You Graduate Right After A Mass Shooting, Good Luck: You\u2019re On Your Own&#8221;<\/a>: &#8220;The biggest concern I would have for them is the disconnect from people who have gone through similar things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She also said, \u201cSimply by definition, mass shootings are more likely to trigger difficulties with beliefs that most of us have, including that we live in a just world and that if we make good decisions, we\u2019ll be safe,\u201d in an article entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostnewspaper.net\/2019\/05\/15\/an-anniversary-we-would-all-like-to-forget-but-never-will\/\">&#8220;An Anniversary We Would All Like to Forget-But Never Will,&#8221;<\/a> in the Post Newspaper in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>In an article entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/yr.media\/news\/the-long-reach-of-grief-after-gun-violence\/\">&#8220;The Long Reach of Grief After Gun Violence&#8221;<\/a> on yr.media, she said, &#8220;A lot of what we see among survivors is that they struggle to understand why they survived when others didn\u2019t, because they made the same decisions everyone else made.&#8221; She explained that each survivor and their recovery is unique and cautioned against generalizing survivor experiences or regarding them as &#8220;typical.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant Professor of Psychology Laura Wilson recently commented in the national media on the psychological effects on survivors of mass shootings. 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