Stability of Posttraumatic Stress Reaction Factors and Their Relation to General Mental Health Problems in Children: A Longitudinal Study

Autor/inn/en	Nygaard, Egil; Jensen, Tine K.; Dyb, Grete
Titel	Stability of Posttraumatic Stress Reaction Factors and Their Relation to General Mental Health Problems in Children: A Longitudinal Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 41 (2012) 1, S.15-26 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1537-4416
DOI	10.1080/15374416.2012.632344
Schlagwörter	Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Mental Health; Longitudinal Studies; Foreign Countries; Children; Adolescents; Interviews; Factor Analysis; Time Perspective; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Models; Data Analysis; Clinical Psychology; Asia; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychohygiene; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Faktorenanalyse; Zeitbezug; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Analogiemodell; Auswertung; Klinische Psychologie; Asien; Norwegen
Abstract	The aim of this study was to evaluate the structure of posttraumatic stress reaction factors and their relation to general mental health problems in Norwegian children exposed to the tsunami on December 26, 2004. A total of 133 children and adolescents (ages 6-17) were interviewed 10 months posttsunami using the UCLA PTSD Reaction Index, and 104 were interviewed again 2.5 years after the tsunami. Confirmatory factor analyses supported the theory of a four-factor model of intrusion, active avoidance, numbing, and arousal as a better division of symptoms than the three-factor model used in the present diagnostic criteria. The factors of intrusion and active avoidance were highly correlated 2.5 years posttsunami. This association may be due to nonspecificity in these trauma-related factors as posttraumatic stress reaction levels diminish over time. General mental health problems were highly related to arousal at both assessments, supporting the theory that some symptoms of posttraumatic stress reactions overlap with other, concurrent mental problems. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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