The Effects of the 1999 Turkish Earthquake on Young Children: Analyzing Traumatized Children's Completion of Short Stories

The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine whether projective techniques could identify longterm consequences among children stemming from exposure to a traumatic event. The first group of children (n = 53; 26 female, 27 male) experienced 2 major earthquakes at age 7, 3 months apart, in...

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Published in:Child development 2010-07, Vol.81 (4), p.1161-1175
Main Authors: Celebi Oncu, Elif, Metindogan Wise, Aysegul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Case-Control Studies
Child
Child Development
Child Health
Child psychiatry
Childhood mental disorders
Children
Children & youth
Disasters
Earthquakes
Effects
Elementary school students
Empirical research
Female
Foreign Countries
Human exposure
Humans
Long-term analysis
Male
Natural Disasters
Post traumatic stress disorder
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Projective Techniques - statistics & numerical data
Psychological Patterns
School age children
Seismology
Short stories
Social Environment
Special Section: Disasters and Their Impact on Child Development
Stories
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis
Stress Variables
Studies
Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Trauma
Traumatic incidents
Turkey
Young children
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Summary:The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine whether projective techniques could identify longterm consequences among children stemming from exposure to a traumatic event. The first group of children (n = 53; 26 female, 27 male) experienced 2 major earthquakes at age 7, 3 months apart, in Turkey, while a similarly matched control group (n = 50; 25 female, 25 male) did not. Both groups of children (current age: 9) completed a series of short stories related to disastrous events. Results indicated that the traumatized group evinced a range of trauma-related symptoms 2 years after experiencing the earthquakes.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01460.x