DeVoe Ellen R, Bannon William M, Klein Tovah P
Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY, USA.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2006 Apr;76(2):167-75. doi: 10.1037/0002-9432.76.2.167.
This study examines factors related to helpseeking among New York City parents on behalf of their young children after the September 11th terrorist attacks. Data were gathered from 180 parents about their children (under age 5) through in-depth parent interviews 9-12 months postdisaster. Parents were asked to describe their children's disaster-related experiences, their own and their children's mental health status, and post-9/11 helpseeking behavior for their children. Predictors of parental helpseeking for children's services included the emergence of new fears in children since 9/11, parent symptoms of depression, and parents' own helpseeking. The strongest predictor was children's direct exposure to the attacks. Fifteen percent (n = 27) of parents sought services for their very young children. Findings suggest that following 9/11, a familial orientation to helpseeking combined with children's specific disaster-related experiences may provide a basis for seeking services for young children, rather than children's apparent mental health status.
本研究调查了9·11恐怖袭击事件后纽约市家长代表年幼子女寻求帮助的相关因素。在灾难发生9至12个月后，通过深入的家长访谈，收集了180位家长关于其子女（5岁以下）的相关数据。家长们被要求描述子女与灾难相关的经历、他们自己及子女的心理健康状况，以及9·11事件后为子女寻求帮助的行为。家长为子女寻求服务的预测因素包括自9·11事件以来子女出现的新恐惧、家长的抑郁症状以及家长自身寻求帮助的行为。最强的预测因素是子女直接暴露于袭击事件。15%（n = 27）的家长为年幼子女寻求了服务。研究结果表明，9·11事件后，寻求帮助的家庭倾向与子女特定的灾难相关经历相结合，可能为为年幼子女寻求服务提供了基础，而非子女明显的心理健康状况。
