Predicting Mothers' Reports of Children's Mental Health Three Years after Hurricane Katrina

Autor/inn/en	Lowe, Sarah R.; Godoy, Leandra; Rhodes, Jean E.; Carter, Alice S.
Titel	Predicting Mothers' Reports of Children's Mental Health Three Years after Hurricane Katrina
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 34 (2013) 1, S.17-27 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0193-3973
DOI	10.1016/j.appdev.2012.09.002
Schlagwörter	Behavior Problems; Mental Health; Intervention; Mother Attitudes; Prediction; Natural Disasters; Stress Variables; Elementary School Students; Correlation; Path Analysis; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Mothers; Student Mobility; Louisiana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychohygiene; Mutterliebe; Vorhersage; Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Korrelation; Pfadanalyse; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Mother; Mutter; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität
Abstract	This study explored pathways through which hurricane-related stressors affected the psychological functioning of elementary school aged children who survived Hurricane Katrina. Participants included 184 mothers from the New Orleans area who completed assessments one year pre-disaster (Time 1), and one and three years post-disaster (Time 2 and Time 3, respectively). Mothers rated their children's behavior problems at Time 3 only (n = 251 children; 53.0% male; mean age: 10.19 years, SD = 1.68 years). A path analytic model indicated that hurricane-related stressors were associated with increased maternal psychological distress and school mobility in the first post-disaster year, which were associated with higher child internalizing and externalizing symptoms three years post-disaster. Mediation analysis indicated that hurricane-related stressors were associated with child symptoms indirectly, through their impact on maternal psychological distress. Findings underscore the importance of interventions that boost maternal and child mental health and support children through post-disaster school transitions. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10