Department of Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
J Trauma Stress. 2013 Oct;26(5):613-20. doi: 10.1002/jts.21837. Epub 2013 Sep 24.
The current study is designed to increase knowledge of the effects of relocation and its association with longer-term psychological symptoms following disaster. Following clinical observations and in discussions held with school officials expressing concerns about relocated students, it was hypothesized that students who relocated to a different city following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 would have more symptoms of posttraumatic stress compared to students who returned to New Orleans. The effect of Hurricane Katrina relocation was assessed on a sample of child and adolescent survivors in 5th through 12th grades (N = 795). Students with Orleans Parish zip codes prior to Hurricane Katrina were categorized into relocation groupings: (a) relocated to Baton Rouge, (b) returned to prior zip code, and (c) moved to a different zip code within Orleans Parish. Overall results revealed more trauma symptoms for relocated students. Results also revealed that younger relocated students had fewer symptoms compared to older students. The opposite was found for students who returned to their same zip code, with older students having fewer symptoms. This study supports the need for school-based services not only in disaster areas, but also in schools where survivors tend to migrate.
本研究旨在增进对迁移及其与灾难后长期心理症状之间关系的认识。根据临床观察以及与学校官员的讨论，他们对因飓风卡特里娜而转移到不同城市的学生表示关注，假设 2005 年卡特里娜飓风后迁移到另一个城市的学生与返回新奥尔良的学生相比，创伤后应激症状更多。对 5 至 12 年级（N=795）的儿童和青少年幸存者样本评估了卡特里娜飓风迁移的影响。在卡特里娜飓风之前具有奥尔良县邮政编码的学生被分为以下迁移分组：（a）迁移到巴吞鲁日，（b）返回先前的邮政编码，以及（c）迁移到奥尔良县内的其他邮政编码。总体结果显示，迁移学生的创伤症状更多。结果还表明，与年龄较大的学生相比，年龄较小的迁移学生的症状较少。对于返回同一邮政编码的学生则相反，年龄较大的学生症状较少。这项研究支持在灾区以及幸存者倾向于迁移的学校中提供基于学校的服务的必要性。
