Kuterovac-Jagodić Gordana
University of Zagreb, Croatia.
J Clin Psychol. 2003 Jan;59(1):9-25. doi: 10.1002/jclp.10114.
This study examined symptoms of posttraumatic stress in 252 school-aged children from Osijek, Croatia, which was subjected to massive military attacks from Yugoslavian forces. The children's symptoms were assessed in 1994 while the war was still going on and 30 months later when the war was over. In addition to changes in posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms over time, the study examined the predictive power of (a) different types and number of war traumata, (b) loss of social community, (c) the children's demographic characteristics (age and gender), (d) types of coping strategies and locus of control, and (e) the perceived availability of different kinds of social support. Although symptoms of posttraumatic stress declined over time, 10% of the children reported a severe level of symptomatology 30 months after the war. The results supported the hypothesized predictive power of all investigated factors for predicting short- and long-term posttraumatic stress reactions.
本研究调查了来自克罗地亚奥西耶克的252名学龄儿童的创伤后应激症状，该地区曾遭受南斯拉夫军队的大规模军事攻击。这些儿童的症状于1994年战争仍在进行时进行评估，30个月后战争结束时再次评估。除了创伤后应激障碍症状随时间的变化外，该研究还考察了以下因素的预测能力：(a) 不同类型和数量的战争创伤；(b) 社会群体的丧失；(c) 儿童的人口统计学特征（年龄和性别）；(d) 应对策略的类型和控制点；(e) 对不同类型社会支持的感知可得性。尽管创伤后应激症状随时间有所减轻，但10%的儿童在战争结束30个月后报告有严重的症状。研究结果支持了所有调查因素对短期和长期创伤后应激反应的预测能力的假设。
