%0 Journal Article
%T Children and disaster: age, gender, and parental effects on PTSD symptoms
%J Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
%D 1991
%A Green, B. L.
%A Korol, M.
%A Grace, M. C.
%A Vary, M. G.
%A Leonard, A. C.
%A Gleser, G. C.
%A Smitson-Cohen, S.
%V 30
%N 6
%P 945-951
%X Psychiatric reports of 179 children aged 2 to 15 who were exposed to the Buffalo Creek dam collapse in 1972 were rated for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms 2 years after the disaster. Age and gender effects and the impact of the level of exposure and parental functioning were examined according to a conceptual model addressing factors contributing to adaptation to a traumatic event. Results showed fewer PTSD symptoms in the youngest age group and higher symptom levels for girls than boys. Approximately 37% of the children were given a "probable" diagnosis of PTSD. Multiple regression analysis showed that life threat, gender, parental psychopathology, and an irritable and/or depressed family atmosphere all contributed to the prediction of PTSD symptomatology in the children.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
%@ 0890-8567
%U http://dx.doi.org/