Frawley Caitlin, Babb Kathryn, Lambie Glenn W
Department of Counselor Education and School Psychology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL USA.
J Child Adolesc Trauma. 2023 Feb 15;16(3):597-605. doi: 10.1007/s40653-023-00522-4. eCollection 2023 Sep.
Child mental health researchers often focus on interventions that improve externalizing problems (i.e., disruptive, aggressive, and impulsive behaviors), due to the relationship between children's externalizing behaviors and social, emotional, and academic disparities. School-based mental health counselors work to reduce externalizing problems due to the relationship between these behaviors and school-based problems, such as bullying victimization, school adjustment difficulties, and suspension. Children with complex trauma histories often exhibit externalizing problems. Unfortunately, limited research examines school trauma screening and guidelines for schools to effectively distinguish behavioral and trauma-related symptoms. As a result, we examined whether children's trauma symptoms predicted their externalizing problems that prompted referrals for school-based mental health counseling interventions at three Title-I elementary schools.
儿童心理健康研究人员通常专注于改善外化问题（即破坏性行为、攻击性行为和冲动行为）的干预措施，因为儿童的外化行为与社会、情感和学业差异之间存在关联。基于学校的心理健康顾问致力于减少外化问题，因为这些行为与校园问题有关，如受欺凌、学校适应困难和停学。有复杂创伤史的儿童通常会表现出外化问题。不幸的是，仅有有限的研究考察了学校创伤筛查以及学校有效区分行为症状和创伤相关症状的指导方针。因此，我们研究了儿童的创伤症状是否能预测他们的外化问题，这些外化问题促使三所第一类小学转介学生接受基于学校的心理健康咨询干预。
