Addressing the Needs of Preschool Children in the Context of Disasters and Terrorism: Clinical Pictures and Moderating Factors

作者：Hamiel Daniel; Wolmer Leo; Pardo Aviv Lee; Laor Nathaniel

来源：Current Psychiatry Reports, 2017, 19(7): 38.

DOI：10.1007/s11920-017-0793-7

• Preschool children
• Infants
• Trauma
• Disaster
• Terrorism
• Psychological symptoms

Purpose of Review This paper surveys the existent theoretical and research literature regarding the needs of preschool children in the context of disasters and terrorism with the aim of understanding (a) the consequences of such events for young children and (b) the main moderating variables influencing the event-consequence association to learn how to enhance their resilience.
Recent Findings Consequences include a variety of emotional, behavioral, and biological outcomes. Implications for refugee children are discussed. Main moderating variables were mother's sensitivity and mother's PTSD symptoms.
Summary Exposure to disasters and terrorism may have severe effects on the mental health and development among preschool children. Future research should explore the implications of different levels of exposure and the effects of moderating psychosocial and biological variables, including the parent-child triad, on the event-consequence relationship.

• 出版日期2017-7
• 单位上海市精神卫生中心