The moderating effects of maternal psychopathology on children's adjustment post-Hurricane Katrina.
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.
Spell
Annie W
AW
Louisiana State University, Lafayette, LA70508, USA. aspell@bellsouth.net
Kelley
Mary Lou
ML
Wang
Jing
J
Self-Brown
Shannon
S
Davidson
Karen L
KL
Pellegrin
Angie
A
Palcic
Jeannette L
JL
Meyer
Kara
K
Paasch
Valerie
V
Baumeister
Audrey
A
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