Harvard University, USA.
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2010 Oct;51(10):1115-24. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02273.x.
Hurricane Katrina devastated the Mississippi Gulf Coast in August 2005. Intrusive re-experiencing is a common posttraumatic stress symptom. However, young children with limited introspection skills might have difficulties identifying their intrusive thoughts.
A sample of 165 5- to 9-year-old children were surveyed about their unwanted intrusive thoughts and their knowledge about thinking, 10 months following the hurricane.
Results replicate and extend the findings from a previous study (Sprung, 2008). Although there was no difference in the overall occurrence of intrusive thoughts, there was a striking difference between hurricane-exposed and control children in their contents. Children's knowledge about thinking was linked to their ability to report on their negative intrusive thoughts, even taking language ability into account.
There is a shift toward negative content following hurricane exposure compared with non-hurricane-exposed children and knowledge about thinking is linked to the reporting of such intrusive thoughts. Implications for current research on autobiographical memory and for interventions following potentially traumatic events are discussed.
卡特里娜飓风于 2005 年 8 月摧毁了密西西比海湾海岸。侵入性再体验是一种常见的创伤后应激症状。然而，具有有限内省技能的幼儿可能难以识别他们的侵入性思维。
在飓风发生 10 个月后，对 165 名 5 至 9 岁的儿童进行了关于他们的不受欢迎的侵入性思维和他们对思维的了解的调查。
结果复制并扩展了先前研究（Sprung，2008）的发现。尽管侵入性思维的总体发生率没有差异，但在经历过飓风和对照组儿童的思维内容之间存在显著差异。儿童对思维的了解与他们报告负面侵入性思维的能力有关，即使考虑到语言能力也是如此。
与未经历过飓风的儿童相比，经历过飓风的儿童的思维内容会向负面内容转移，并且对思维的了解与报告此类侵入性思维有关。讨论了对自传体记忆的当前研究和潜在创伤性事件后干预的影响。
