IMPACT OF A NATURAL DISASTER ON PRESCHOOL-CHILDREN - ADJUSTMENT 14 MONTHS AFTER A HURRICANE

Authors
SWENSON CC SAYLOR CF POWELL MP STOKES SJ FOSTER KY BELTER RW
Citation
Cc. Swenson et al., IMPACT OF A NATURAL DISASTER ON PRESCHOOL-CHILDREN - ADJUSTMENT 14 MONTHS AFTER A HURRICANE, American journal of orthopsychiatry, 66(1), 1996, pp. 122-130
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
American journal of orthopsychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029432
Volume
66
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
122 - 130
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9432(1996)66:1<122:IOANDO>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Fourteen months after a hurricane, young children who had experienced the storm showed significantly higher anxiety and withdrawal and more behavior problems than did children who had not. Behavioral problems d ecreased steadily over the six months following the storm. Mothers' di stress in the hurricane's aftermath was associated with the longevity of their children's emotional and behavioral difficulties.