2011
Children's State Anxiety in Reaction to Disaster Media Cues: A Preliminary Test of a Multivariate Model
Ortiz C, Silverman W, Jaccard J, La Greca A. Children's State Anxiety in Reaction to Disaster Media Cues: A Preliminary Test of a Multivariate Model. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice And Policy 2011, 3: 157-164. DOI: 10.1037/a0020098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChildren's state anxietyState anxietySocial supportAnxiety symptomsLife eventsMedia cuesStructural equation modeling resultsElevated state anxietyChild anxiety symptomsAvailable social supportStudy's conceptual modelMultivariate conceptual modelConceptual modelNegative copingChildren's reactionsCuesElementary school studentsDepression symptomsAnxietyPreventive interventionsComparison groupSchool studentsCopingDepressive symptomsChildren
1996
Children's Coping Assistance: How Parents, Teachers, and Friends Help Children Cope After a Natural Disaster
Prinstein M, La Greca A, Vernberg E, Silverman W. Children's Coping Assistance: How Parents, Teachers, and Friends Help Children Cope After a Natural Disaster. Journal Of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 1996, 25: 463-475. DOI: 10.1207/s15374424jccp2504_11.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmotional processingSocial supportPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatologyChildren's social supportPTSD symptomatologyCoping assistanceDisorder symptomatologyChildren's reactionsThird gradersStressful eventsFifth gradersImportant constructHurricane AndrewSex effectsGradersDistractionSevere levelsParentsChildrenFriendsSymptomatologyProcessingConstructsNatural disastersCopingPrediction of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Children After Hurricane Andrew
Vernberg E, La Greca A, Silverman W, Prinstein M. Prediction of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Children After Hurricane Andrew. Journal Of Psychopathology And Clinical Science 1996, 105: 237-248. PMID: 8723005, DOI: 10.1037/0021-843x.105.2.237.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-reported PTSD symptomsPosttraumatic stress disorderPosttraumatic stress symptomsIntegrative conceptual modelChildren's copingPTSD symptomsConceptual modelTraumatic eventsStress disorderStress symptomsChild characteristicsIntervention effortsSocial supportHurricane AndrewCopingSymptomsOverall predictionChildren 3 monthsChildrenNatural disastersPrimary factorDisordersFindingsSupportVariance