Resources for Researchers
Resources discussing how to approach research in a trauma-informed manner. The resources are categorized by specific topics of research.
Disabled Populations
How to conduct good quality research on violence against children with disabilities: Key ethical, measurement, and research principles.
From Producing to Reducing Trauma: A Call for “Trauma-Informed” Research(ers) to Interrogate How Schools Harm Students
Integrating General Strain Theory and Trauma-Informed Principles into the Study of Older Adult Victimization
Domestic Violence
Protecting Victims in Research
“I’ll be Okay”: Survivors’ Perspective on Participation in Domestic Violence Research
Power through Partnerships: A CBPR Toolkit for Domestic Violence Researchers
Homeless Populations
Using a Trauma-Informed, Socially Just Research Framework with Marginalized Populations: Practices and Barriers to Implementation
Participant Engagement Strategies in a Housing First Randomized Trial
Mistrust of outreach workers and lack of confidence in available services among individuals who are chronically street homeless
The Ethics of Conducting Community-Engaged Homelessness Research
LGBTQ Community
Cognitive Interviewing: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for Structured Interviews with Survivors of Crime
Toward a trauma-informed qualitative research approach: Guidelines for ensuring the safety and promoting the resilience of research participants
Incorporating a trauma-informed perspective in HIV-related research with transgender and gender diverse individuals
Mental Health
Infusing the trauma-informed approach in youth suicide research: Lessons from the field
Maintaining Safety While Discussing Suicide: Trauma Informed Research in an Online Focus Groups
Prison Populations
Advancing Our Understanding of the Risk Factors Associated with Crossover Youth in the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems: A Trauma-Informed Research Agenda
Research trauma in incarcerated spaces: Listening to incarcerated women’s narratives
Public Health
A systematic review of trauma-informed approaches to public health research
Intersectionality and Trauma-Informed Applications for Maternal and Child Health Research and Evaluation: An Initial Summary of the Literature
Racial Discrimination
Culturally Safe and Trauma-Informed Practices for Researchers during COVID-19
Race Equality Foundation’s Trauma and Racism Project
How do peace psychologists address the violent assaults on Black people’s lives? A review of studies published in the Peace and Conflict journal
Rape, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence (IVP)
Ethical and safety recommendations for intervention research on violence against women
Training Interviewers for Research on Sexual Violence: A Qualitative Study of Rape Survivors’ Recommendations for Interview Practice
Ethics in Violence Against Women Research: The Sensitive, the Dangerous, and the Overlooked
A Trauma-Informed Approach to Sexual Violence Research Ethics and Open Science
Perceptions and Experiences of Research Participants on Gender-Based Violence Community Based Survey: Implications for Ethical Guidelines
“What has it been like for you to talk with me today?”: the impact of participating in interview research on rape survivors
Survivor-Centered Research: Towards an Intersectional Gender-Based Violence Movement
An Exploratory Framework for Community-Led Research to Address Intimate Partner Violence: a Case Study of the Survivor-Centered Advocacy Project
Engagement of Sexual Violence Survivors in Research: Trauma-Informed Research in the THRIVE Study
Refugees/IDPs
What Does it Mean to Adopt a Trauma-Informed Approach to Research?: Reflections on Participatory Project With Young People Seeking Asylum in the UK
Using a professional framework to guide research interviews with registered nurses who are former refugees: A discussion paper
“I’m Going to Tell You Something I Never Told Anyone”: Ethics- and Trauma-Informed Challenges of Implementing a Research Protocol with Syrian Refugees
Substance Use
Research With Women Who Use Drugs: Applying a Trauma-informed Framework
Trauma-Informed Research and Planning: Understanding Government and Urban Native Community Partnerships to Addressing Substance-Exposed Pregnancies in Portland, OR
Trafficking
Ethical and Practical Considerations for Collecting Research-Related Data from Commercially Sexually Exploited Children
Trauma-Informed Phone Interviews: Learning from the COVID-19 Quarantine
At the Intersection of Method and Empowerment: Reflections from a Pilot Photovoice Study with Survivors of Human Trafficking
Veterans
Building a trauma-informed research practice
Research with veterans suggests that a trauma-informed social security system would benefit all claimants who have experienced trauma
Examining Veterans’ Interactions with the UK Social Security through a Trauma-Informed Lens
Vulnerable Populations - General
Trauma-Informed Approaches to Data Collection
Open science and data sharing in trauma research: Developing a trauma-informed protocol for archiving sensitive qualitative data
Doing sensitive research: What challenges do qualitative researchers face?