@article{ref1,
title="Parent-child discrepancy in reporting children's post-traumatic stress reactions after a traffic accident",
journal="Nordic journal of psychiatry",
year="2003",
author="Dyb, Grete and Holen, Are and Braenne, Kjersti and Indredavik, Marit S. and Aarseth, Jon",
volume="57",
number="5",
pages="339-344",
abstract="This study examines possible parent-child discrepancies in the reporting of post-traumatic stress reactions in children after a traffic accident. Sixteen children exposed to the same traffic accident were interviewed about post-traumatic stress reactions at 5 weeks and at 6 months after the event, utilizing the Child Posttraumatic Stress Reaction Index (CPTS-RI). Independently, the parents' reported their child's degree of post-traumatic stress reactions on the CPTS-RI: Parent questionnaire, at the same two times. Clinicians also assessed the children's level of general functioning on the Children's Global Assessment Scale. The children reported significantly more post-traumatic stress reactions than observed by their parents 4 weeks after the accident. The parent-child discrepancy was more pronounced among younger children. The level of children's self-reported post-traumatic stress reactions decreased significantly from the first to the second assessment. At the second assessment, 6 months after the accident, there was no significant parent-child discrepancy observed. The children showed a normal level of functioning despite their post-traumatic stress reactions. The reported parent-child discrepancy indicates that information about children's post-traumatic stress reactions after an accident is best obtained directly from the children.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0803-9488",
doi="10.1080/08039480310002660",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08039480310002660"
}