Impact of earthquake exposure, family adversity and peer problems on anxiety-related emotional disorders in adolescent survivors three years after the Ya'an earthquake
| Autor: | Wanjie Tang, Dun Xu, Jiuping Xu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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China Adolescent Psychological intervention Anxiety Structural equation modeling Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Earthquakes medicine Humans Survivors Child Poverty Depression Stressor Panic symptoms Left behind Anxiety Disorders 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Cross-Sectional Studies Female medicine.symptom Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology Poverty level |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Affective Disorders. 273:215-222 |
| ISSN: | 0165-0327 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jad.2020.04.044 |
| Popis: | Background Traumatic experiences often give rise to an increased risk of anxiety problems in adolescents. This study investigated the anxiety prevalence in adolescent earthquake survivors and the effect of secondary stressors such as bullying, poverty, or being “left behind” by parents working in the cities. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted three years after the 2013 Ya'an (China) earthquake on 6,132 adolescents aged 9 to 18 years from 11 public schools in three severely earthquake affected counties. The participants completed self-report questionnaires that assessed anxiety, earthquake exposure, poverty level, left-behind duration and bullying. Results Separation anxiety (38.7%) and panic symptoms (32.2%) were found to be the primary contributors to anxiety in this adolescent sample. The regression and structural equation modeling indicated that adolescents who had suffered from high earthquake exposure, peer bullying, being left-behind, or poverty were more likely to report problems in all anxiety subcategories, with females reporting more anxiety symptoms than males. The likelihood of all anxiety disorders except separation anxiety was found to increase with age. Conclusions This study highlighted the need for post-disaster interventions aimed at minimizing post-earthquake adversity such as peer bullying and specialized psychological services that target subgroups that might be more susceptible to anxiety-related emotional problems. The results could be used to identify possible markers for anxiety problems in children who had not experienced any major traumas. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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