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Ibrahim A. Kira
Researcher at Georgia State University
Publications - 32
Citations - 552
Ibrahim A. Kira is an academic researcher from Georgia State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Traumatic stress. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 32 publications receiving 280 citations.
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Measuring COVID-19 as Traumatic Stress: Initial Psychometrics and Validation
Ibrahim A. Kira,Hanaa Shuwiekh,Kenneth G. Rice,Jeffrey S. Ashby,Sayed Ahmed Elwakeel,Mariam Sous Fahmy Sous,Amthal Alhuwailah,Shadia Bint Ali Baali,Chafika Azdaou,Enas. M. Oliemat,Hikmet Jamil +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed and validated a measure for COVID-19 as traumatic stress, which consisted of three dimensions: threat/fear of infection and death, economic hardship, and disturbed r...
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The Impact of COVID-19 Traumatic Stressors on Mental Health: Is COVID-19 a New Trauma Type.
Ibrahim A. Kira,Hanaa Shuwiekh,Jeffrey S. Ashby,Sayed Ahmed Elwakeel,Amthal Alhuwailah,Mariam Sous Fahmy Sous,Shadia Bint Ali Baali,Chafika Azdaou,Enas. M. Oliemat,Hikmet Jamil +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the impact of COVID-19 traumatic stress on mental health after controlling for individuals' previous stressors and traumas and concluded that COVID19 is a new type of traumatic stress that has serious mental health effects.
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A Threatened Identity: The Mental Health Status of Syrian Refugees in Egypt and Its Etiology
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors utilized the development-based trauma framework on identity traumas to study the cumulative effects of trauma on the identities of Syrian refugees and participants included 196 Syrian refug...
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The effects of COVID-19 and collective identity trauma (intersectional discrimination) on social status and well-being.
Ibrahim A. Kira,Hanaa Shuwiekh,Amthal Alhuwailah,Jeffrey S. Ashby,Mariam Sous Fahmy Sous,Shadia Bint Ali Baali,Chafika Azdaou,Enas. M. Oliemat,Hikmet Jamil +8 more
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Trauma proliferation and stress generation (TPSG) dynamics and their implications for clinical science.
Ibrahim A. Kira,Hanaa Shuwiekh,Justyna Kucharska,Mounir H. Fawzi,Jeffrey S. Ashby,Andrea Z. Omidy,Sharifa Aboumediene,Linda Lewandowski +7 more
TL;DR: 2 trauma proliferation pathways were identified that utilize a developmentally based trauma framework (DBTF) and it was indicated that attachment trauma and collective identity trauma independently predicted (directly and through mediators) personal identity trauma, role Identity trauma, secondary trauma, primary trauma, and survival trauma.