Pfefferbaum Betty, North Carol S
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Int J Methods Psychiatr Res. 2008 Dec;17 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S49-56. doi: 10.1002/mpr.271.
A number of logistical issues complicate the conduct of child disaster research. Like studies of adults, much of the child research has used a single cross-sectional assessment of non-representative samples, it fails to consider pre-disaster contribution to post-disaster problems, and it leaps to unwarranted causal conclusions from results providing mere associations. Despite concern about the accuracy of parental report and concern about children's understanding of certain terms, most child studies have used a single source of information - either the children themselves or their parents. As the field matures, greater attention to the sophistication of research methods and design will increase our understanding of children in the context of disasters.
一些后勤问题使儿童灾难研究的开展变得复杂。与成人研究一样，许多儿童研究使用的是对非代表性样本的单一横断面评估，没有考虑灾前因素对灾后问题的影响，并且仅凭结果中的关联就贸然得出毫无根据的因果结论。尽管有人担心家长报告的准确性以及儿童对某些术语的理解能力，但大多数儿童研究仅采用单一信息来源——要么是儿童自身，要么是他们的父母。随着该领域的成熟，对研究方法和设计复杂性给予更多关注将增进我们对灾难背景下儿童的了解。
