Family context and young children's responses to earthquake

Proctor, Laura J.; Fauchier, Angèle; Oliver, Pamella H.; Ramos, Michelle C.; Rios, Martha A.; Margolin, Gayla

doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01771.x

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“…Second, parent-child relationships influence children's responses to traumatic events (Fremont, 2004;Osofsky, 1999;Gustafsson, Larsson, Nelson, & Gustafsson, 2009b. Power, 2004Proctor et al, 2007), and adverse family circumstances that unfavorably affect the parents' ability to support their child in the face of such exposures can be an important determinant for the outcome. In a review (Grant et al, 2006) on moderating and mediating effects of stressors on child and adolescent psychopathology the authors conclude that there was substantial evidence for the mediating role of family relationship in the relationship between stressors in general and child and adolescent psychological symptoms.…”

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Polytraumatization and Trauma Symptoms in Adolescent Boys and Girls

Nilsson

Gustafsson

Svedin

2012

J Interpers Violence

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Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the cumulative effect of interpersonal and non -interpersonal traumatic life events (IPEs and nIPEs, respectively) on the mental health of adolescents, and to determine if the adverse impacts of trauma were moderated by adverse family circumstances (AFC). Method: Adolescents (mean age 16.7 years) from the normative population (n=462) completed the questionnaire the Linköpings Youth Life Experiences Scale (LYLES) together with Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC). Results: The lifetime accumulation of interpersonal, non-interpersonal and adverse family circumstances was independently related to trauma-related symptoms in both boys and girls. The number of AFCs moderated the mental health impact of both IPEs and nIPEs in boys but not in girls. Conclusion: Cumulative exposure to both interpersonal and non-interpersonal traumatic events is important for the mental health of adolescents, and at least for boys, family circumstances seem to be relevant for the impact of trauma. Our results suggest that broader approaches to the study, prevention and treatment of trauma, including consideration of cumulative exposure, different types of trauma and additional social risk factors, could be fruitful.

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Polytraumatization and Trauma Symptoms in Adolescent Boys and Girls

Nilsson

Gustafsson

Svedin

2012

J Interpers Violence

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“…Interventions related to the new traumatic event should consider how pre-existing family context may impact children's reactions to an external trauma, and parents' abilities to be supportive following the new stressor (Proctor, et al, 2007).…”

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Posttraumatic stress in children and adolescents exposed to family violence: II. Treatment.

Vickerman¹,

Margolin²

2007

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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Interventions for youth exposed to family violence recently have incorporated a trauma focus with the objective of reducing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms along with alleviating other wide-ranging childhood disorders. This paper describes generally agreed-upon treatment components for youth exposed to violence in the home, including re-exposure interventions, education about violence and cognitive restructuring, processing of emotional cues, social problemsolving skills, and parenting interventions. Empirically evaluated treatment programs for different developmental stages (preschool, school-age, and adolescence) are summarized and remaining questions about how to best focus treatment efforts for youth traumatized by family violence are presented.

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“…Several of the earlier studies have indicated that natural disaster stress affects parental psychological health and family function and that this correlates with the children's mental health [17,18]. One study found that child abuse reports were disproportionately higher after the occurrence of a natural disaster [19].…”

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Relationship between the Noto-Peninsula earthquake and maternal postnatal depression and child-rearing

Hibino

Takaki

Kambayashi

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Environ Health Prev Med

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Objective The aim of our study was to explore the relationship between a medium-scale earthquake and maternal depression and child-rearing in a depopulated community in the Noto Peninsula of Japan. Methods Three months after a major earthquake, selfrating questionnaires were distributed to women who were pregnant at the time of the earthquake or who became pregnant immediately thereafter, and who were receiving care at any of four major hospitals in the most devastated area. A total of 155 women who had given birth returned the completed questionnaire for analysis. Maternal postnatal depression among the participants was assessed using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). Results The EPDS score was significantly associated with decreased ''satisfaction with delivery'' (b = -0.28, p = 0.01), increased artificial ''lactation'' (b = 0.31, p = 0.002), and increased ''trouble with infant care'' (b = 0.47, p \ 0.001) in multivariate analysis. It was also significantly associated with increased ''anxiety about earthquakes'' (b = 0.30, p = 0.001), and ''anxiety about earthquakes'' was significantly associated with increased ''fear of the earthquake'' (b = 0.20, p = 0.04). Conclusions Earthquake-related factors such as ''anxiety about earthquakes'' and ''fear of the earthquake'' did not have a direct effect on child-rearing factors; however, they did have a significant relationship with increased EPDS. Based on these results, we conclude that screening strategies for maternal depression in peri-and postnatal women under emergency circumstances are necessary.

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Family context and young children's responses to earthquake

Abstract: These findings demonstrate that young children's responses to an abrupt, negative environmental event, such as an earthquake, are influenced in part by the nature of the parent-child relationship prior to the event as well as by the responses parents exhibit following the event.

Cited by 64 publications

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Polytraumatization and Trauma Symptoms in Adolescent Boys and Girls

Polytraumatization and Trauma Symptoms in Adolescent Boys and Girls

Posttraumatic stress in children and adolescents exposed to family violence: II. Treatment.

Relationship between the Noto-Peninsula earthquake and maternal postnatal depression and child-rearing

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