[Recurrent exposure to traumatic events: inoculation or growing vulnerability?].
Two opposed hypotheses have been proposed regarding the impact of a traumatic event in regards to future adversity: gradual inoculation or vulnerability. A thorough examination of research supporting these hypotheses indicate they are not as antagonistic as they appear. It seems possible to integrate the two into a singular theory in so far as circumstances favoring one and the other become better known. A few research strategies are proposed.
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D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*