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  1. The importance of clarifying the conceptual basis underlying cognition-optimizing interventions: Commentary on Moreau (2022).

    Article • American Psychologist, November 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Ibrahim Kira

  2. Are torture survivors more resilient and develop higher PTG, than nontortured refugees?: The role of will to exist, live, and survive: A replication and extension.

    Article • Peace and Conflict Journal of Peace Psychology, September 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Ibrahim Kira

  3. Intersected discrimination through the lens of COVID-19: The case example of Christian minority in Iraq.

    Article • American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, March 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Ibrahim Kira

  4. Taxonomy of stressors and traumas: An update of the development-based trauma framework (DBTF): A life-course perspective on stress and trauma.

    Article • Traumatology An International Journal, March 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Ibrahim Kira

  5. The effects of COVID-19 continuous traumatic stress on mental health: The case of Syrian refugees in Turkey.

    Article • Traumatology An International Journal, December 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Ibrahim Kira

  6. Coping with COVID-19 continuous complex stressors: The “will-to-exist-live, and survive” and perfectionistic striving.

    Article • Traumatology An International Journal, September 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Ibrahim Kira

  7. The effects of COVID-19 and collective identity trauma (intersectional discrimination) on social status and well-being.

    Article • Traumatology An International Journal, March 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Ibrahim Kira

  8. The compelling dynamics of “will to exist, live, and survive” on effecting posttraumatic growth upon exposure to adversities: Is it mediated, in part, by emotional regulation, resilience, and spirituality?

    Article • Traumatology An International Journal, December 2020, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Ibrahim Kira

  9. The dynamics behind low posttraumatic growth in victims of Type III traumas: The case of Syrians and Palestinians.

    Article • Traumatology An International Journal, December 2019, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Ibrahim Kira

  10. “Will to exist, live and survive” (WTELS): Measuring its role as master/metamotivator and in resisting oppression and related adversities.

    Article • Peace and Conflict Journal of Peace Psychology, August 2019, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Ibrahim Kira

  11. Measuring interfaith spirituality: Initial validation and psychometrics.

    Article • Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, January 2019, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Ibrahim Kira

  12. The central role of social identity in oppression, discrimination and social-structural violence: Collective identity stressors and traumas, their dynamics and mental health impact.

    Article • Peace and Conflict Journal of Peace Psychology, December 2018, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Ibrahim Kira