Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Children After Hurricane Katrina: Predicting the Need for Mental Health Services
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Children After Hurricane Katrina: Predicting the Need for Mental Health Services
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DOI：
10.1037/a0016179
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发表时间：
2009-04-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Hansel, Tonya Cross
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作者：
Osofsky, Howard J.;Osofsky, Joy D.;Hansel, Tonya Cross
本研究旨在探讨卡特里娜飓风后儿童和青少年创伤后应激症状发展的相关因素。假设在卡特里娜飓风两年后，创伤暴露变量与表明需要精神卫生服务的症状之间存在正相关。具体地说，作者假设，与自然灾害相关的经历，包括个人损失、与家庭和/或社区的分离、缺乏社区支持以及以前的损失或创伤，将与儿童和青少年的症状增加有关。这项研究包括来自路易斯安那州受影响严重的教区的7258名儿童和青少年。这些措施包括由全国儿童创伤应激网络开发的儿童和青少年飓风评估和转诊工具(NCTSN，2005年)。结果总体上支持我们的假设，具体的暴露和人口统计变量被发现与儿童和青少年的创伤后应激症状密切相关。
The purpose of this study was to examine factors related to the development of posttraumatic stress symptoms in children and adolescents after Hurricane Katrina. It was hypothesized that a positive correlation would exist between trauma exposure variables and symptoms indicating need for mental health services experienced 2 years after Hurricane Katrina. Specifically, the authors hypothesized that experiences associated with natural disaster including personal loss, separation from family and/or community, and lack of community support as well as previous loss or trauma would be related to increased symptomatology in both children and adolescents. This study included 7,258 children and adolescents from heavily affected Louisiana parishes. Measures included the Hurricane Assessment and Referral Tool for Children and Adolescents developed by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN, 2005). Results were generally supportive of our hypotheses, and specific exposure and demographic variables were found to be strongly related to posttraumatic stress symptoms in children and adolescents.