North Carol S, Mendoza Steffi, Simic Zorica, Pfefferbaum Betty
Medical Director, The Altshuler Center for Education & Research, Metrocare Services, 1250 Mockingbird Lane, Suite 330, Dallas, Texas 75247-4914, 214-743-1200, The Nancy and Ray L. Hunt Chair in Crisis Psychiatry and Professor of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6363 Forest Park Rd., Room BL6.226, Dallas, Texas 75390-8828, 214-648-5375.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75390.
J Loss Trauma. 2018;23(4):303-316. doi: 10.1080/15325024.2018.1443710. Epub 2018 Apr 9.
Child disaster mental health research has been largely limited by investigation of one disaster at a time and inconsistent methods across different studies. This study assessed 160 survivors of 3 disasters with structured diagnostic interviews, asking about the behavioral and emotional disaster reactions their 266 children of ages 3-17. Most children had ≥1 postdisaster behavior change or disaster-related posttraumatic stress symptom. The children's postdisaster behavioral and emotional problems were associated with parental postdisaster psychopathology. The results underscore the importance of asking disaster survivors about their children's disaster reactions and considering parental disaster experiences and reactions in addressing their children's reactions.
儿童灾难心理健康研究在很大程度上受到限制，每次只对一场灾难进行调查，且不同研究的方法不一致。本研究通过结构化诊断访谈对160名经历了3场灾难的幸存者进行评估，询问他们266名年龄在3至17岁的孩子的行为和情绪灾难反应。大多数孩子有≥1种灾后行为变化或与灾难相关的创伤后应激症状。孩子的灾后行为和情绪问题与父母的灾后精神病理学有关。研究结果强调了询问灾难幸存者其子女的灾难反应以及在处理子女反应时考虑父母的灾难经历和反应的重要性。
