The Impact of Child-Related Stressors on the Psychological Functioning of Lower-Income Mothers after Hurricane Katrina

Autor/inn/en	Lowe, Sarah R.; Chan, Christian S.; Rhodes, Jean E.
Titel	The Impact of Child-Related Stressors on the Psychological Functioning of Lower-Income Mothers after Hurricane Katrina
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 32 (2011) 10, S.1303-1324 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X11412492
Schlagwörter	Caring; Natural Disasters; Mothers; Low Income; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Adolescents; Children; One Parent Family; African Americans; Child Safety; Interviews; Parent Child Relationship; Role; Stress Variables; Predictor Variables + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Mother; Mutter; Niedriglohn; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Child; Kind; Kinder; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Afroamerikaner; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Rollen; Prädiktor
Abstract	In the present study, the authors examined the role of child-related stressors in the psychological adjustment of lower-income, primarily unmarried and African American, mothers (N = 386). All participants lived in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina, and about a third were also exposed to Hurricane Rita (30.3%, n = 117). Lacking knowledge of a child's safety during the hurricanes was a significant predictor of heightened postdisaster psychological distress and posttraumatic stress, even after controlling for demographic variables, predisaster psychological distress, evacuation timing, and bereavement. From interviews with a subset of the participants (n = 57), we found that mothers consistently put their own needs behind those of their children. The authors recommend policies that promptly reunite mothers with missing children and support lower-income mothers in caring for their children during natural disasters and the aftermath. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10