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Direct linkWadsworth, Martha E.; Gudmundsen, Gretchen R.; Raviv, Tali; Ahlkvist, Jarl A.; McIntosh, Daniel N.; Kline, Galena H.; Rea, Jacqueline; Burwell, Rebecca A. – Applied Developmental Science, 2004
This study examined age and gender differences and similarities in stress responses to September 11th. Adolescents, young adults, and adults reported using a variety of strategies to cope with the terrorist attacks including acceptance, positive thinking, and emotional expression. In addition, involuntary stress responses such as physiological…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Terrorism, Young Adults, Coping
Hoven, Christina W.; Duarte, Cristiane S.; Wu, Ping; Erickson, Elizabeth A.; Musa, George J.; Mandell, Donald J. – Applied Developmental Science, 2004
The impact of exposure to the World Trade Center attack on children presenting separation anxiety disorder (SAD) 6 months after the attack was studied in a representative sample of New York City public school students (N = 8,236). Probable SAD occurred in 12.3% of the sample and was more frequent in girls, young children, and children who…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Separation Anxiety, Children, Terrorism
Stein, Bradley D.; Jaycox, Lisa H.; Elliott, Marc N.; Collins, Rebecca; Berry, Sandra; Marshall, Grant N.; Klein, David J.; Schuster, Mark A. – Applied Developmental Science, 2004
To examine the emotional and behavioral impact of terrorism on children across the country, telephone interviews were conducted with a national probability sample of 395 parents of 5- to 18-year-old children from November 9 to 28, 2001. Parents reported on child emotional and behavioral reactions to terrorism, parent-child discussions about…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Terrorism, Learning Activities, Bullying
Phillips, Deborah; Featherman, David L.; Liu, Jinyun – Applied Developmental Science, 2004
This longitudinal study involving repeated telephone interviews of a national probability sample assessed parents' and other adults' own psychological vulnerability, as well as any observed reactions of coresident and other children, immediately after September 11th, 2001 (N = 752) and again 1 year later (N = 484). For a significant minority of…
Descriptors: Terrorism, Safety, Probability, Psychological Patterns
Gil-Rivas, Virginia; Holman, E. Alison; Silver, Roxane Cohen – Applied Developmental Science, 2004
Approximately 2 weeks after September 11th, adolescents from a national sample of households who were indirectly exposed to the terrorist attacks through the media completed a Web-based survey that assessed event-related acute stress symptoms. One year later, these adolescents (N = 142) and a randomly selected parent from their household completed…
Descriptors: Terrorism, Self Efficacy, Emotional Disturbances, Adolescents
