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Association of Direct Exposure to Terrorism, Media Exposure to Terrorism, and Other Trauma with Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Preschool Children
Author(s) -
WANG YANPING,
NOMURA YOKO,
PATHORENCZYK RUTH,
DOPPELT OSNAT,
ABRAMOVITZ ROBERT,
BROM DANIEL,
CHEMTOB CLAUDE
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1376.051
Subject(s) - association (psychology) , psychology , terrorism , clinical psychology , psychological resilience , intervention (counseling) , developmental psychology , medicine , psychiatry , social psychology , archaeology , psychotherapist , history
This study examined the differential impact of various types of trauma exposure on emotional and behavioral problems in preschool children. Participants were 95 mothers of 1‐ to 4‐year‐old children in Israel. Results suggested a differential pattern of associations between the types of trauma exposure (i.e., direct exposure to terrorism, media exposure to terrorism, and other trauma) and children's internalizing and externalizing problems. This line of research is important for the identification of risk factors and the development of effective prevention and intervention strategies to promote resilience in preschool children exposed to specific type(s) of trauma.