Trauma symptoms in children after the tsunami.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-149757
ABSTRACT
Limited research has examined factors associated with psychological distress following natural disasters among non-Western child populations. Conditions associated with trauma-related symptoms following the 2004 tsunami in a sample of 265 Sri Lankan child survivors (53.6% female, aged 3 to 17) were examined retrospectively. Multivariate regression analyses identified pre-traumatic conditions (female gender, prior health) and peri-traumatic conditions (loss of family, complete property loss) as being associated with increased trauma-related symptoms. Findings can be applied to the identification of children most at risk of developing trauma-related symptoms following a natural disaster from a non-Western population to aid development of culturally-appropriate interventions.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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