Sprung Manuel
Department of Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi, USA.
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2008 Jul;37(3):575-87. doi: 10.1080/15374410802148236.
Seven months after Hurricane Katrina, 183 five- to eight-year-old children were surveyed about their own intrusive thoughts and tested on their level of cognitive functioning (knowledge about the mind and the mind's operations). Basic developmental research suggests that children who lack sufficient knowledge about the mind should have difficulties answering questions about intrusive thoughts. Hurricane-affected children reported relatively more intrusive thoughts with negative content than nonaffected children reported. An association between children's level of understanding of the mind and their ability to report on their own intrusive thoughts supports this hypothesis. Results point to a funneling of intrusive thoughts toward negative content following a traumatic event and highlight the importance of considering children's level of understanding of the mind when investigating intrusive thoughts in young children.
卡特里娜飓风过后七个月，对183名5至8岁的儿童进行了调查，询问他们脑海中出现的侵入性想法，并测试了他们的认知功能水平（对心智及其运作的了解）。基础发展研究表明，对心智缺乏足够了解的儿童在回答有关侵入性想法的问题时会遇到困难。与未受影响的儿童相比，受飓风影响的儿童报告的带有负面内容的侵入性想法相对更多。儿童对心智的理解水平与他们报告自身侵入性想法的能力之间的关联支持了这一假设。结果表明，创伤事件后侵入性想法会趋向于负面内容，并突出了在调查幼儿的侵入性想法时考虑儿童对心智理解水平的重要性。
