@article{ref1,
title="Family functioning and overprotection following a natural disaster: the longitudinal effects of post-traumatic morbidity",
journal="Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry",
year="1987",
author="McFarlane, Alexander C.",
volume="21",
number="2",
pages="210-218",
abstract="The longitudinal impact of a natural disaster on the patterns of interaction in families with latency-aged children is examined. An 11-item questionnaire was developed and two factors were isolated: irritable distress and involvement. A group of 183 disaster-affected families were contrasted with 497 families who had not been exposed to the disaster. Eight months after the disaster, the interaction in the disaster-affected families was characterised by increased levels of conflict, irritability and withdrawal. Maternal overprotection was also a common feature of the pattern of care in these families. Post-traumatic morbidity in parents was the major determinant of the observed changes in family functioning and the overprotection.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0004-8674",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}