title: The moderating effects of maternal psychopathology on children's adjustment post-Hurricane Katrina.
abstract: This study investigated the role of maternal psychopathology in predicting children's psychological distress in a disaster-exposed sample. Participants consisted of 260 children (ages 8-16) recruited from public schools and their mothers. These families were displaced from New Orleans because of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Assessment took place 3 to 7 months postdisaster. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that global maternal psychological distress and maternal posttraumatic stress disorder moderated the relation between child hurricane exposure and mother-reported child internalizing and externalizing symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Louisiana State University, Lafayette, LA70508, USA. aspell@bellsouth.net
authors.forename: Annie W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Spell
authors.forename: Mary Lou
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Kelley
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Self-Brown
authors.forename: Karen L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: Angie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pellegrin
authors.forename: Jeannette L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Palcic
authors.forename: Kara
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Paasch
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baumeister
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D004190:Disasters; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008145:Louisiana; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D011599:Psychopathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology