Disasters, Victimization, and Children’s Mental Health

Becker‐Blease, Kathryn A.; Turner, Heather A.; Finkelhor, David

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01453.x

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“…Cronbach' s a for the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children was 0.86 (28 items) and for the Trauma Symptoms Checklist for Children was 0.93 (25 items). Because these measures are often and generally used in their entirety, [20][21][22][23] and we were interested only in global mental health, we created a total mental health distress score. The item wording, however, differed for the 2 measures so the total score for the sample was created by summing the anger, depression, and anxiety scales of each measure and then standardizing and merging the standardized mental health scores for each age group.…”

Section: Mental Healthmentioning

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Association of Sibling Aggression With Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Tucker¹,

et al. 2013

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OBJECTIVE: Sibling aggression is common but often dismissed as benign. We examine whether being a victim of various forms of sibling aggression is associated with children’s and adolescents’ mental health distress. We also contrast the consequences of sibling versus peer aggression for children’s and adolescents’ mental health. METHODS: We analyzed a national probability sample (n = 3599) that included telephone interviews about past year victimizations conducted with youth aged 10 to 17 or an adult caregiver concerning children aged 0 to 9. RESULTS: Children ages 0 to 9 and youth ages 10 to 17 who experienced sibling aggression in the past year (ie, psychological, property, mild or severe physical assault), reported greater mental health distress. Children ages 0 to 9 showed greater mental health distress than did youth aged 10 to 17 in the case of mild physical assault, but they did not differ for the other types of sibling aggression. Comparison of sibling versus peer aggression generally showed that sibling and peer aggression independently and uniquely predicted worsened mental health. CONCLUSIONS: The possible importance of sibling aggression for children’s and adolescents’ mental health should not be dismissed. The mobilization to prevent and stop peer victimization and bullying should expand to encompass sibling aggression as well.

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Association of Sibling Aggression With Child and Adolescent Mental Health

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“…1 In a representative sample of more than 2000 US children 2 through 17 years of age, nearly 14% were reported to have been exposed to a disaster in their lifetime, with more than 4% of disasters occurring in the past year. 1 Disasters, thereby, affect the lives of millions of children every year, whether through natural disasters, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, or floods; human-made disasters, such as industrial accidents, war, or terrorism; or as a result of pandemics or other naturally occurring disease outbreaks. Children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of disasters and other traumatic events because of a lack of experience, skills, and resources to be able to independently meet their developmental, socialemotional, mental, and behavioral health needs.…”

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Providing Psychosocial Support to Children and Families in the Aftermath of Disasters and Crises

Demaria¹,

Krug²,

Chung³

et al. 2015

Pediatrics

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Disasters have the potential to cause short-and long-term effects on the psychological functioning, emotional adjustment, health, and developmental trajectory of children. This clinical report provides practical suggestions on how to identify common adjustment difficulties in children in the aftermath of a disaster and to promote effective coping strategies to mitigate the impact of the disaster as well as any associated bereavement and secondary stressors. This information can serve as a guide to pediatricians as they offer anticipatory guidance to families or consultation to schools, child care centers, and other child congregate care sites. Knowledge of risk factors for adjustment difficulties can serve as the basis for mental health triage. The importance of basic supportive services, psychological first aid, and professional self-care are discussed. Stress is intrinsic to many major life events that children and families face, including the experience of significant illness and its treatment. The information provided in this clinical report may, therefore, be relevant for a broad range of patient encounters, even outside the context of a disaster. Most pediatricians enter the profession because of a heartfelt desire to help children and families most in need. If adequately prepared and supported, pediatricians who are able to draw on their skills to assist children, families, and communities to recover after a disaster will find the work to be particularly rewarding.

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“…rın içinde en büyüğü olarak dünya tarihine geçti ve resmi rakamlara göre 220 binden fazla ölüme yol açmıştır. ABD'de yapılan bir çalışmada çocukların %13,9'unun hayatında en az bir kere afet yaşadığı belirtilmektedir [18].…”

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Child health in case of emergency

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In the Stockholm Declaration, it states that " The emergency in terms of medicine is characterized by the acute and unforeseeable imbalance between the capacity and sources of the medicine profession within a certain period of time and the requirement of people affected by the emergency situation or people whose health are under threat." Since potential exposure from the inner and outer stimulus is higher for the organism that is developing in physiological and psychological sense, childhood period is a risky period without considering causation. All of the risks cover the child, family and society. In risk evaluation, live, protection, development and participation rights of child shall be basis in humane and legal sense. Considering the fact that child is the subject of the social life, the damages that may happen should be realized before creating domino effect and injuries should be treated and they should be prevented with precautions that are the dynamo of themselves. Convention on the rights of children gives right to all of us in particular to pediatricians like us to warn and remind states of their duties in the event of failure to abide by these rights to protect the children from risky situations. Reasonable and practical approaches shall be produced with evaluations conducted in the scope of the health, security and education in case of emergency. J Clin Exp Invest 2015; 6 (3): 324-330 Key words: Extraordinary, immigration, child, war, disaster ÖZET Stockholm Bildirgesi'nde, "Tıp açısından olağan dışı durumlar, belirli bir zaman dönemi içerisinde tıp mesleğinin kapasite ve kaynakları ile olağan dışı durumdan etkilenen kişilerin veya sağlığı tehdit altında olan insanların gereksinimleri arasında akut ve önceden görülemeyen bir dengesizlikle karakterizedir" denmektedir. Fizyolojik ve psikolojik anlamda gelişmekte olan bir organizmanın iç ve dış uyaranlardan etkilenme potansiyeli yüksek olduğundan, nedensellik gözetmeksizin çocukluk dönemi riskli bir dönemdir. Bu risklerin tümü çocuğu, aileyi ve toplumu kapsar. Risk değerlendirmesinde çocuğun; Yaşama, korunma, gelişme ve katılım hakları insani ve dahi hukuki anlamda temel alınmalıdır. Çocuğun toplumsal yaşamın öznesi olduğunu göz önünde bulundurarak meydana gelecek zarar domino taşı etkisi yaratmadan önce fark edilmeli, oluşan yaralanmalar tedavi edilmeli ve kendi kendinin dinamosu olacak önlemlerle yinelenmesi engellenmelidir. Çocuk Hakları sözleşmesi riskli durumlardan çocukları korumak üzere başta bizim gibi çocuk doktorları olmak üzere herkese bu haklara uyulmadığı taktirde uyarı yapılması ve devletlere bu konudaki görevlerinin hatırla-tılması hakkını vermektedir. Olağan üstü durumlarda sağ-lık, güvenlik, eğitim kapsamında yapılan değerlendirme-lerle akılcı ve pratik yaklaşımlar üretilmelidir.Anahtar kelimler: Olağanüstü, göç, çocuk, savaş, afet OLAĞAN ÜSTÜ DURUMLARDA ÇOCUK SAĞLIĞIÇocuk hekimliği disiplininin diğer dallardan ayıran sosyal etkileşim kuvveti ve toplumun evrimine tesir gücü göz önünde bulundurulduğunda olağan üstü durumlar g...

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Disasters, Victimization, and Children’s Mental Health

Cited by 114 publications

References 36 publications

Association of Sibling Aggression With Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Association of Sibling Aggression With Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Providing Psychosocial Support to Children and Families in the Aftermath of Disasters and Crises

Child health in case of emergency

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