Open AccessBehavior Problems and Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms in Children Beginning School: A Comparison of Pre- and Post-Earthquake Groups
Author(s) -
Kathleen A. Liberty,
Michael TarrenSweeney,
Sonja Macfarlane,
Arindam Basu,
James Reid
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
plos currents
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 2157-3999
DOI - 10.1371/currents.dis.2821c82fbc27d0c2aa9e00cff532b402
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , demography , traumatic stress , pediatrics , clinical psychology , environmental health , population , sociology
Literature reviews caution that estimating the effects of disasters on the behavior of children following a disaster is difficult without baseline information and few studies report the effects of earthquakes on young children. In addition the relationship between age at the time of disaster and consequential behavior problems have not been reported for young children who experience disaster-related stress during a developmentally sensitive period.