Posttraumatic stress and functional impairment in Kenyan children following the 1998 American Embassy bombing.
This study examined a convenience sample of 562 Nairobi school children exposed to the 1998 bombing of the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. Posttraumatic stress reactions to the bombing were related to posttraumatic stress reactions to other trauma and to peritraumatic reaction. Self-reported functional impairment was minimal.
Pfefferbaum
Betty
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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73190-3048, USA.
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Carol S
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Doughty
Debby E
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Gurwitch
Robin H
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Fullerton
Carol S
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Kyula
Jane
J
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection; D005107:Explosions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D002666:Psychology, Child; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D023481:Terrorism; D013997:Time Factors