ReviewJournal of traumatic stress2017
Posttraumatic Stress Symptom Trajectories Among Children After Disaster Exposure: A Review.
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Climate change impacts on child and adolescent health and well-being: A narrative review.Journal of global health · 2024Pooled it
- Recurrence of post-traumatic stress disorder: systematic review of definitions, prevalence and predictors.BMC psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Post-traumatic stress disorder.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2026Review
- Mental health after compounding natural hazard exposure in New South Wales from 2019 to 2023: a cross-sectional study in Australian youth.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Temporal dynamics of teen crisis help-seeking following hurricanes: A structural topic model analysis.PLOS digital health · 2026Article
- An umbrella review of psychological capacity and mental health trajectories across the life course.Nature. Mental health · 2026Article
- Post-traumatic stress among adolescents following the October 7th attack in Israel: implications for mental health policy and planning.Israel journal of health policy research · 2025Article
- Embedding Trauma-Informed Strategies Within a Multitiered System of Supports: A Framework for Early Childhood Education.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- "Children of War": Examining the Associations between War Exposure, Maternal PTSD, and Continuous Traumatic Stress on Israeli Children's PTSD.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025Article
- 'School-based screen-and-treat': An effective blueprint for expediating access to care in children experiencing PTSD following disasters.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2025Article
- Supporting Children's Mental Health Needs in Disasters.Pediatrics · 2025Review
- Obsessive trajectories in children and adolescents exposed to adverse events (coronavirus disease 2019: global crisis teaches).Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
- Implementation of trauma and disaster mental health awareness training in Puerto Rico.Npj mental health research · 2024Review
- A systematic review of individual, social, and societal resilience factors in response to societal challenges and crises.Communications psychology · 2024Article
- Autoimmune Diseases Following Environmental Disasters: A Narrative Review of the Literature.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Scoping review on trauma and recovery in youth after natural disasters: what Europe can learn from natural disasters around the world.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Understanding posttraumatic stress trajectories in adolescent females: A strength-based machine learning approach examining risk and protective factors including online behaviors.Development and psychopathology · 2023Article
- A Scoping Review of Trauma-Informed Pediatric Interventions in Response to Natural and Biologic Disasters.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Financial and Work Burden, Psychosocial Functioning, and Family Interactions During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia: Effects on Child Outcomes.Child psychiatry and human development · 2023Article
- A Qualitative Study of How Adolescents' Use of Coping Strategies and Support Varies in Line With Their Experiences of Adversity.Child & youth care forum · 2023Article
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Abstract
Natural disasters, such as hurricanes and floods, are increasing in frequency and scope. Youth exposed to disasters are at risk for developing posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). However, not all youth who report initially elevated PTSS report persistent PTSS that last beyond the first three to six months postdisaster. Thus, it is crucial to understand how and why youth differ in their patterns of PTSS. This study reviewed the literature on children's postdisaster PTSS, evaluating the typical number and types of patterns for children's PTSS trajectories, as well as risk and protective factors predicting trajectory membership. This review identified eight empirical studies on youth PTSS trajectories following natural disasters; these studies included 8,306 children aged 3 to 18 years. All studies identified resilience, recovery, and chronic trajectories. Evidence for a delayed trajectory was mixed. Proportions of children falling into each trajectory varied widely across studies, but overall, resilience was the most prevalent trajectory. These findings were consistent across study factors (i.e., analytic strategy, assessment timing, and study selection criteria). Female gender, disaster exposure, negative coping, and lack of social support were significant risk factors for chronic trajectories across several studies. Future research should combine individual level participant data across studies of children's responses to disasters to better understand PTSS trajectories.
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