The Effects of the 1999 Turkish Earthquake on Young Children: Analyzing Traumatized Children's Completion of Short Stories
CHILD DEVELOPMENT, cilt.81, ss.1161-1175, 2010 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 81
- Basım Tarihi: 2010
- Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01460.x
- Dergi Adı: CHILD DEVELOPMENT
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1161-1175
- Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine whether projective techniques could identify long-term 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.