The role of parents, parenting and the family environment in children's post-disaster mental health

VE Cobham, B McDermott, D Haslam… - Current psychiatry …, 2016 - Springer
There is widespread support for the hypothesis that, post-disaster, children's mental health is
impacted—at least in part—via the impact on parents, parenting, parent-child interactions …

Building community capacity and fostering disaster resilience

V Gil‐Rivas, RP Kilmer - Journal of clinical psychology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To describe, within an ecologically grounded framework, key principles, and
recommendations for community‐level intervention to build community capacity and …

Self-efficacy and health-related outcomes of collective trauma: A systematic review

A Luszczynska, CC Benight… - European …, 2009 - econtent.hogrefe.com
The objective of our study was to systematically review research evidence for relationships
between self-efficacy beliefs and psychological as well as somatic outcomes of collective …

Future orientation in times of threat and challenge: How resilient adolescents construct their future

R Seginer - International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Drawing on the importance of future orientation for adolescent development this analysis
presents a model describing how future orientation is affected by high challenge (or …

Exploring posttraumatic growth in children impacted by Hurricane Katrina: Correlates of the phenomenon and developmental considerations

RP Kilmer, V Gil‐Rivas - Child development, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This study explored posttraumatic growth (PTG), positive change resulting from struggling
with trauma, among 7‐to 10‐year‐olds impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Analyses focused on …

Parenting support and PTSD in children of a war zone

AA Thabet, AN Ibraheem, R Shivram… - … Journal of Social …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The protective role of parenting factors on the mental well-being of children
exposed to war trauma remains an under-researched area. Aim: To establish the …

Maternal posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in pediatric primary care: association with child maltreatment and frequency of child exposure to traumatic …

CM Chemtob, OG Gudiño, D Laraque - JAMA pediatrics, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Maternal posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be associated with
increased risk for child maltreatment and child exposure to traumatic events. Exposure to …

Parental adjustment, family functioning, and posttraumatic growth among Norwegian children and adolescents following a natural disaster.

GS Hafstad, V Gil-Rivas, RP Kilmer… - American Journal of …, 2010 - psycnet.apa.org
This study investigated the degree to which parental symptomatology and characteristics of
the family environment related to posttraumatic growth (PTG) among children and …

Posttraumatic growth in children and youth: clinical implications of an emerging research literature.

RP Kilmer, V Gil-Rivas, B Griese, SJ Hardy… - American Journal of …, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
Posttraumatic growth (PTG), positive change resulting from the struggle with trauma, has
garnered significant attention in the literature on adults. Recently, the research base has …

An intervention for reducing secondary traumatization and improving professional self-efficacy in well baby clinic nurses following war and terror: A random control …

R Berger, M Gelkopf - International journal of nursing studies, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Due to the terror and war-related situation in Israel, well baby clinic nurses
dealing with a large number of traumatized and highly distressed infants, toddlers and their …