@article{ref1,
title="Recalling a devastating tornado: qualities of child recollections and associations with mental health symptoms",
journal="Journal of child and adolescent trauma",
year="2018",
author="Hambrick, Erin P. and Vernberg, Eric M. and Greenhoot, Andrea F. and Hendrickson, Michelle L.",
volume="11",
number="2",
pages="227-239",
abstract="Trauma recollections often contain trauma-related cognitive and emotional processing. Research examining indicators of such processing in children's trauma recollections and their association with mental health symptoms is limited. Fifty 8 to 12-year-old children provided two open-ended recollections about (1) challenging/&quot;bad&quot; things and (2) positive/ &quot;good&quot; things that happened to them 1-year post experiencing an EF-5 tornado. Children completed exposure and mental health symptom measures (PTSD, anxiety, depression). Transcripts were coded for indicators of processing: coherence, positive and negative emotion terms, and resolutions. Age, gender, SES, family tornado-related discussion frequency, verbal ability, tornado-specific psychotherapy receipt, and exposure were controlled. Coherence and positive emotion were positively associated and resolutions were negatively associated with mental health symptoms when children discussed the &quot;bad&quot; things. Children's processing and mental health symptoms were unrelated when children discussed the &quot;good&quot; things. The measured indicators of children's processing may reflect children's meaning-making efforts and have implications for adjustment.<br><br>© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2017.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1936-1521",
doi="10.1007/s40653-017-0199-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40653-017-0199-z"
}