Long-term outcome of trauma in children: The psychological consequences of a bus accident
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Post-traumatic stress reactions in children may be more severe and last longer than had previously been thought, according to recent studies. A study addressing parents' and children's symptoms of post-traumatic stress after a fatal school bus accident in 1988, was undertaken.Three quarters reported symptoms of specific post-traumatic stress one year after the accident, and reduced school performance was reported by almost half. The loss of a sibling or parent was not linked to poorer long-term adjustment and the assumption that being a passenger would be related to more distress symptoms was not supported.
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 1998
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Utilizing parent report to investigate young children's fears: a modification of the Fear Survey Schedule for Children-II: a research note
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The most common instrument to investigate children's fears, The Fear Survey Schedule for Children (FSSC), was modified to make it more suitable for completion by parents. The modified version, FSSC-IIP, was then distributed to parents of 1,855 preschool and school children to investigate the basis of fears in young children and to study the development of fears from preschool to school age. A total of 756 were returned and 753 were considered completed satisfactorily. Parents reported a higher level of fear for girls compared to boys and identified the most common fear as getting lost in a crowd.
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 1998
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