CONSEQUENCES OF DISASTER ON CHILDREN--RESIDENTIAL FIRE

描述（改编自申请人摘要）： 拟议的研究是检查儿童的程度和过程， 他们的父母因家庭暴力而遭受的心理痛苦， 城市灾难住宅火灾 不仅孩子们的， 青少年的个人特征，他们的功能， 与父母和家庭环境的关系也将被研究。 父母对火灾和家庭环境的反应程度 会影响后代科普突发事件和恢复的能力 创伤将得到。 尽管父母、孩子和青少年 在进行检查时，这项研究的主要目标人群是儿童。 在受控的纵向横截面设计的范围内，150 有8至17岁儿童的家庭， 住宅火灾将与150个控制家庭进行比较， 社区 对照组将允许研究人员确定 心理困扰程度和以后的潜力 精神病理学归因于创伤事件。 这一目标将 通过使用标准化的多模式战略来实现 评估工具。 将使用一个理论模型（一个发展的 处理创伤事件的模型）来指导研究。 结果 这一项目将添加到稀疏的文献有关 儿童/青少年和与火灾有关的灾害，并将提供启发性的 对未来富有成效的研究的影响。 希望整合 将这些发现与现有的灾难文献进行比较， 加强这方面的知识。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from applicant' abstract): The primary purpose of the proposed study is to examine the extent and course of childrens', adolescents', and their parents' psychological distress resulting from an urban disaster, a residential fire. Not only will childrens' and adolescents' individual characteristics be examined, their functioning relative to their parents and home environment will be examined as well. The extent to which parents' reactions to the fire and the home environment affect their offspring's ability to cope with and recover from the sudden trauma will be obtained. Although parents, children, and adolescents will be examined, the primary target population of this study is children. Within the context of a controlled, longitudinal, cross-section design, 150 families with children 8 to 17 years of age who have experienced a residential fire will be compared to 150 control families from the same community. The control group will allow the investigators to determine the extent to which levels of psychological distress and later potential psychopathology are attributed to the traumatic event. This goal will be accomplished through the use of a multimodal strategy using standardized assessment instruments. A theoretical model will be used (a developmental model for processing traumatic events) to guide the research. The results of this project will add to the sparse literature concerning children/adolescents and fire-related disasters and will provide heuristic implications for future fruitful research. It is hoped that the integration and comparison of these findings with the existing disaster literature will enhance knowledge in this area.