2025 Archives

Victimization Paradigm: Scam Victim Vulnerability – A White Paper – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-05-23T13:06:40-04:00May 23rd, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIMOLOGY, • WHITE PAPER / CONFERENCE PAPER, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|Tags: Scam Victim Vulnerabilities, Scam Victim Vulnerability, Victimization Paradigm, Victimology Paradigm|

Phobias: Pistanthrophobia and Philophobia and their Impact on Scam Victims – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-05-08T19:31:17-04:00May 8th, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • PHOBIAS & FEARS, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|Tags: Philophobia, Phobias, Pistanthrophobia, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victim Recovery Psychology, Scam Victims|

Avoidance Psychology: Scam Victim Passivity During Recovery – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-05-07T10:06:23-04:00May 7th, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • AVOIDANCE PSYCHOLOGY, • COPING MECHANISMS, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ FOR ADVOCATES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|Tags: Avoidance Mechanisms, Coping Mechanisms, Coping Strategies, Guilt, Passivity, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery Psychology, Shame|

Above-Average Effect – A Cognitive Bias – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-04-28T19:46:07-04:00April 28th, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • COGNITIVE BIASES, ♦ COGNITIVE BIAS, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|Tags: Above-Average Effect, Cognitive Bias, Scam Victims, Scam Victims Psychology, Scams|

Anomia – A Typically Temporary Neurological Disorder in Severely Traumatized Scam Victims – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-04-27T16:31:19-04:00April 27th, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • VICTIM NEUROLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ FOR ADVOCATES, ♦ NEUROLOGY, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|Tags: Anomia, Memory, Neurological Disorder, Scam Victims, Trauma|

Psychological Displacement and Scam Victims – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-04-26T04:40:08-04:00April 26th, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • COPING MECHANISMS, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|Tags: Defense Mechanism, Defense Mechanisms, Neurology, Psychological Trauma, Psychology, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victims, Trauma|

Tonic Immobility – A Response to Trauma or Stress and Crime Victims – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-03-08T20:48:07-05:00March 8th, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • SOMATIC/PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF TRAUMA, • VICTIM NEUROLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ NEUROLOGY, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|Tags: fight or flight responses, Involuntary Freeze Response, playing dead, Stress Response, thanatosis, Tonic Immobility, Trauma Response|

The Spotlight Effect – Cognitive Bias – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-03-05T05:59:50-05:00March 5th, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • COGNITIVE BIASES, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ COGNITIVE BIAS, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, 2025|Tags: Cognitive Bias, Cognitive Biases, Social Anxiety, Spotlight Effect|

Trauma Response – The Human ‘Prey Animal Response System’ and Scam Victims – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-03-04T03:18:53-05:00March 4th, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • AVOIDANCE PSYCHOLOGY, • COPING MECHANISMS, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ NEUROLOGY, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|Tags: Defense Mechanisms, Neurology, Prey Animal Response System, Psychology, Psychology of Scams, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims, The Mind, Trauma Responses|

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