Preschool Children's Adjustment Following a Hurricane: Risk and Resilience in the Face of Adversity

Autor/inn/en	Terranova, Andrew M.; Morris, Amanda Sheffield; Myers, Sonya; Kithakye, Mumbe; Morris, Michael D. S.
Titel	Preschool Children's Adjustment Following a Hurricane: Risk and Resilience in the Face of Adversity
Quelle	In: Early Education and Development, 26 (2015) 4, S.534-548 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-9289
DOI	10.1080/10409289.2015.994463
Schlagwörter	Weather; Natural Disasters; Emotional Response; Parents; Depression (Psychology); Psychological Patterns; Resilience (Psychology); Preschool Children; Federal Programs; Early Childhood Education; Disadvantaged Youth; Measures (Individuals); Parent Surveys; Predictor Variables; Family Characteristics; Individual Characteristics; Correlation; Adjustment (to Environment); Aggression; Prosocial Behavior; Mississippi; Beck Depression Inventory; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wetter; Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Emotionales Verhalten; Eltern; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Messdaten; Prädiktor; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Korrelation
Abstract	Research Findings: It is clear that disasters negatively affect both adults and children. Yet there is little research examining the mechanisms whereby some people are negatively affected by disasters whereas others are resilient to these negative effects. Family functioning and child characteristics might be factors that influence the impact of disasters on young children. We tested this premise in a sample of 118 children living in an area affected by a Category 3 hurricane, with 47 of these children participating before and after the hurricane. Results indicated that disaster experiences and emotion regulation are predictors of adjustment following natural disasters. Findings also suggested that the effects of disaster experiences on children's adjustment are sometimes indirect through their impact on parental depression and parent hostility. Practice or Policy: These findings indicate that working to minimize the likelihood of parent-child separations during disasters could reduce the negative effects of disasters on children. In addition, promoting better emotional regulatory abilities in young children may help them to be more resilient when experiencing natural disasters, and providing parents with the support they need to more effectively parent may also decrease the likelihood that children will experience adjustment difficulties following disasters. (As Provided).
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