The effects of the 1999 Turkish earthquake on young children: analyzing traumatized children's completion of short stories.
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.
Celebi Oncu
Elif
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Oregon State University, USA. ecelebioncu@yahoo.com
Wise
Aysegul Metindogan
AM
D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D004190:Disasters; D055866:Earthquakes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011386:Projective Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012931:Social Environment; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis; D014421:Turkey