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Parental response and adolescent adjustment to the september 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
Author(s) -
GilRivas Virginia,
Silver Roxane Cohen,
Holman E. Alison,
McIntosh Daniel N.,
Poulin Michael
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.20277
Subject(s) - distress , psychiatry , coping (psychology) , mental health , posttraumatic stress , psychology , clinical psychology , injury prevention , suicide prevention , medicine , poison control , medical emergency
This study examined adolescents' adjustment following the attacks of September 11, 2001 (9/11). A Web‐based survey was administered 2 weeks and 7 months postattacks to a national sample of adolescents ( N = 104). A randomly selected parent also completed a survey at the 7‐month assessment. Although exposure to the attacks was indirect, over half the participants felt threatened. Adolescents' posttraumatic stress symptoms were associated with their acute stress symptoms, parental distress, parental coping advice, parental availability to discuss the attacks, and reports that 9/11‐related discussions were unhelpful. Adolescents' distress symptoms were associated with a history of mental health problems, acute stress symptoms, and parental unavailability to discuss the attacks.