title: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and It's Predictors Among Tibetan Adolescents 3Years After the High-Altitude Earthquake in China.
abstract: This study examined post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) and it's predictors among 4072 Tibetan adolescents 3years after the highaltitude earthquake. The instruments included The PTSD Checklist-Civilian version, The Internality, Powerful others, and Chance Scale and The Coping Style Scale. The results indicated the prevalence rate of probable PTSD was 17.8%.The predicting factors for PTSD were found to being aged 14 or older, being senior student, being monitor, being buried/injured, have family member died/amputated, have severer property loss, have witnessed death, have negative coping skills, and have power others locus of control. Effective mental health services should be developed to facilitate post-disaster recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Zhengzhou University, 3 Jianshe Road, Erqi District, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China.
authors.forename: Dongling
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Liyan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Zhengzhou University, 3 Jianshe Road, Erqi District, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China.
authors.forename: Zhang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jing
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Zhengzhou University, 3 Jianshe Road, Erqi District, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China. Electronic address: Changying0000@126.com.
authors.forename: Changying
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D000531:Altitude; D001601:Bereavement; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D055866:Earthquakes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*