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Emotional Distress and Posttraumatic Stress in Children Surviving The 2004 Tsunami
Authors:
Braj Bhushan - Braj Bhushan is an assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. His areas of interest include development of cognitive artifacts, study of laterality from ergonomic and evolutionary perspectives, posttraumatic stress, and posttraumatic growth.a;
J. Sathya Kumar - J. Sathya Kumar is associated with Indira Gandhi National Open University as visiting faculty. Currently he is Pursuing his PhD at the University of Madras, India. His areas of interest include trauma and geriatric psychology.b
| Affiliations: | a Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India |
| b Department of Psychology, University of Madras, Chennai, India |
DOI:
10.1080/15325020600945996
Publication Frequency:
6 issues per year
Subjects:
Death Studies;
Divorce;
Grief & Trauma Counseling - Adult;
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Adults;
Post-traumatic Stress in Children & Adolescents;
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Previously published as:
Journal of Personal and Interpersonal Loss
(1081-1443)
Also incorporating: Stress, Trauma, and Crisis
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Abstract
The Akkaraipettai village of the Nagapatinam district of Tamilnadu, India, was one of the areas most affected by the tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004. This study was conducted to assess the psychological effect of the tsunami on adolescents. The impact of the trauma was both measured and examined from a cultural perspective. The Impact of Event Scale, (IES), the Children's Revised Impact of Event Scale, (CRIES), and the Pediatric Emotional Distress Scale (PEDS) were administered to 130 subjects (69 boys and 61 girls). Results showed that the children measured high on posttraumatic stress and all three factors of the PEDS. Further, a sex difference was recorded, with females exhibiting more likelihood of trauma than males. Loss of family members significantly determined all of the factors of the IES and CRIES except intrusion.
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