Citation

Birmes P, Raynaud JP, Daubisse L, Brunet A, Arbus C, Klein R, Cailhol L, Allenou C, Hazane F, Grandjean H, Schmitt L. Community Ment. Health J. 2009; 45(4): 290-299.

Affiliation

Laboratoire du Stress Traumatique (JE 2511) Services Universitaires de Psychiatrie Hopital Casselardit-CHU de Toulouse, 170, av. de Casselardit, TSA 40031, 31059, Toulouse Cedex 9, France, labostresstrauma@chu-toulouse.fr.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10597-008-9166-3

PMID

19621258

Abstract

This study compared, 18-24 months after an industrial disaster, in two groups of children (those with clinically relevant PTSD symptoms versus those with low PTSD symptoms), the child's perception of family cohesion and adaptability, the child's experience of the explosion, and parental characteristics. Enmeshed family cohesion or rigid family adaptability were more frequently found in children with low PTSD symptoms. PTSD symptoms in the mother, living in a family of 3 or more children, and being female were significantly associated with PTSD symptoms in the children. The assessment of traumatized children should include assessment of family's adaptability and cohesion.

Language: en