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Acute stress disorder as a predictor of posttraumatic stress: A longitudinal study of C hinese children exposed to the L ushan earthquake
Author(s) -
Zhou Peiling,
Zhang Yuqing,
Wei Chuguang,
Liu Zhengkui,
Hannak Walter
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
psych journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2046-0260
pISSN - 2046-0252
DOI - 10.1002/pchj.136
Subject(s) - acute stress disorder , posttraumatic stress , medicine , confidence interval , population , psychiatry , environmental health
This study examined the prevalence of acute stress disorder ( ASD ) and posttraumatic stress disorder ( PTSD ) in children who experienced the L ushan earthquake in S ichuan, C hina, and assessed the ability of ASD to predict PTSD . The A cute S tress D isorder S cale ( ASDS ) was used to assess acute stress reaction within weeks of the trauma. The U niversity of C alifornia at L os A ngeles P ost‐ T raumatic S tress D isorder R eaction I ndex ( UCLA‐PTSD ) for children was administered at intervals of 2, 6, and 12 months after the earthquake to 197 students who experienced the L ushan earthquake at the L ongxing M iddle S chool. The results demonstrated that 28.4% of the children suffered from ASD , but only a small percentage of the population went on to develop PTSD . Among all of the students, 35.0% of those who met the criteria for ASD were diagnosed with PTSD at the 12‐month interval. The severity of ASD symptoms correlated with later PTSD symptoms.