Government-mandated institutional betrayal
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This editorial opens the final issue of Volume 19 of the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation (JTD). As Smith & Freyd noted in 2014, the work of this journal is highly collaborative and involves many p...
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The label betrayal scale reflects the type of distress commonly experienced when individuals are harmed by deliberate acts of omission or perpetration by the institutions upon which they rely for support, protection, or even survival.
“The label betrayal scale was chosen because it reflects the type of distress commonly experienced (anger, anxiety, anguish, and so on) when individuals are harmed by deliberate acts of omission or perpetration by the institutions upon which they rely for support, protection, or even survival. 30”
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The paper’s “Government-mandated institutional betrayal” section (page unavailable) defines institutional betrayal as deliberate acts or omissions by institutions on which people rely for support, protection, and sometimes survival. It discusses traumatic harm in a specific example, but does not establish that anger, anxiety, and anguish are commonly experienced responses to institutional betrayal. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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- Authors
- Smidt, A. M., & Freyd, J. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Oregon (US)
- Corresponding author
- Smidt, Alec M.
- Venue
- Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2018-07-30
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 491-499
- ISSN
- 1529-9732 (ISSN-L)
- 1529-9740
- OpenAlex
- W2886736851
- Cited by
- 50
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Trauma & Dissociation (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Military, Security, and Education Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Memory, violence, and history
- Keywords
- institutional betrayal, government mandates, trauma, dissociation, research ethics
- MeSH terms
- Gender Identity, Humans, Malpractice, Periodicals as Topic, Refugees, Social Justice, United States, Organizational Culture, Disclosure
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