@article{ref1,
title="Centrality of event and mental health outcomes in child and adolescent natural disaster survivors",
journal="Spanish journal of psychology",
year="2018",
author="Mordeno, Imelu G. and Galela, Debi S. and Nalipay, Ma Jenina N. and Cue, Miriam P.",
volume="21",
number="",
pages="E61-E61",
abstract="The experience of trauma could be considered a central event in one's life, such that it could be a core component of one's identity and life story. Indeed, trauma memories are well-remembered, vivid, intense, and easily accessible (Berntsen & Rubin, 2006). The present study investigated the mediating role of sensory-based trauma memory quality in the relationship between centrality of event and mental health outcomes among child and adolescent survivors of a natural disaster (N = 225) in its immediate aftermath. <br><br>RESULTS of mediation analyses revealed that centrality of trauma event is related to symptoms of acute stress disorder and depression through sensory-based trauma memory quality (indirect effect 95% C.I. [.06,.11] and [.04,.10], respectively). These findings support the contention that centrality of event is associated to heightened accessibility and vividness of sensory-based trauma memory quality, which in turn is related to an increase in trauma-related symptoms in the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster, where the reminders of trauma are particularly salient in the survivors' environment and daily activities.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1138-7416",
doi="10.1017/sjp.2018.58",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2018.58"
}