Burke J D, Borus J F, Burns B J, Millstein K H, Beasley M C
Am J Psychiatry. 1982 Aug;139(8):1010-4. doi: 10.1176/ajp.139.8.1010.
Five months after a severe winter storm, a survey of children whose behavior had been assessed by means of a parent rating scale during a Head Start program 6 months before the disaster showed that some problem-behavior scores had increased significantly. The subgroups of children at higher risk were boys, whose Anxiety scale scores increased, and children accepted for Head Start only because their parents said they had special needs, whose Aggressive Conduct scale scores increased. For the entire group of children, school behavior improved. The findings support previous impressions that parents deny their children's problems after a natural disaster.
一场严重的冬季风暴过去五个月后，一项针对儿童的调查显示，部分问题行为得分显著上升。这些儿童在灾难发生前6个月参加“提前开端计划”期间，其行为曾通过家长评定量表进行评估。高风险儿童亚组包括：焦虑量表得分增加的男孩，以及仅因家长称有特殊需求而被“提前开端计划”录取、攻击性行为量表得分增加的儿童。对于全体儿童而言，学校行为有所改善。这些发现支持了之前的观点，即自然灾害后家长往往会否认孩子存在的问题。
