ArticleThe journal of applied research on children : informing policy for children at risk2021
The effects of cumulative natural disaster exposure on adolescent psychological distress.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Resilience of adolescents and young adults towards climate-related stressors - a systematic review.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Experiences of Immigrants During Disasters in the US: A Systematic Literature Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2025Pooled it
- 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
- Sex and Gender Influences on the Impacts of Disasters: A Rapid Review of Evidence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- Modern sources of controls in case-control studies.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Maintaining Resilience and Well-Being in the Era of Climate Change: Protocol of an Acceptability and Feasibility Pilot of the Bee Well Program for Treating Eco-Anxiety in Rural Children Exposed to Natural Hazards.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Addressing international research challenges in child and adolescent mental health during global crises: experience and recommendations of the Co-SPACE international consortium.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- The Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adverse Family Experiences: A Qualitative Exploration of Sibling Resilience.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Addressing the impact of forest fires in Quito on youth health.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Adolescents' Tsunami Exposure and Mental Health Consequences: Protective Role of Cultural Coping Strategies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Relationship between the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Well-Being of Adolescents and Their Parents in Switzerland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Natural disasters are becoming more frequent and destructive due to climate change and have been shown to be associated with a variety of adverse mental health outcomes in children and adolescents. This study utilizes data from three cohort studies of Hurricane Katrina survivors-including low-income mothers from New Orleans; displaced and highly impacted families from Louisiana and Mississippi; and Vietnamese immigrants in New Orleans-to examine the relationship between cumulative natural disaster exposure and adolescent psychological distress approximately 13 years after Katrina. Among 648 respondents with children ages 10-17, 112 (17.2%) reported that their child had exhibited one or more symptoms of psychological distress in the past month. Overall, respondents had experienced an average of 0.6 (SD 1.0) natural disasters following Hurricane Katrina. Each additional natural disaster experienced by the respondent was associated with 1.41 (95% CI 1.05, 1.88) greater odds of his or child experiencing psychological distress in the past month. This relationship was not significantly moderated by any measures of family resilience or vulnerability, nor by race/ethnicity or socioeconomic status, although family functioning, parental coping, and caregiver mental health were independently associated with adolescent psychological distress. The results of this analysis suggest that natural disasters have cumulative, detrimental impacts on adolescent mental health.
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