2015
Research Protocol: Development, implementation and evaluation of a cognitive behavioural therapy-based intervention programme for the management of anxiety symptoms in South African children with visual impairments
Visagie L, Loxton H, Silverman WK. Research Protocol: Development, implementation and evaluation of a cognitive behavioural therapy-based intervention programme for the management of anxiety symptoms in South African children with visual impairments. African Journal Of Disability 2015, 4: 160. PMID: 28730026, PMCID: PMC5433474, DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v4i1.160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntervention programsAnxiety symptomsYear old South African childrenWait-list control group designSouth African childrenRevised Child AnxietySerious mental health problemsSymptoms of anxietyMental health problemsTerms of childrenChildhood anxietyVisual impairmentAnxiety interventionsChild anxietyPsychological difficultiesPsychological distressSouth African youthNon-disabled peersParticipants' symptomsAnxietyUniversal interventionsAfrican childrenControl group designGroup designSpecial schools
2013
Children’s Postdisaster Trajectories of PTS Symptoms: Predicting Chronic Distress
La Greca AM, Lai BS, Llabre MM, Silverman WK, Vernberg EM, Prinstein MJ. Children’s Postdisaster Trajectories of PTS Symptoms: Predicting Chronic Distress. Child & Youth Care Forum 2013, 42: 351-369. PMID: 24683300, PMCID: PMC3964678, DOI: 10.1007/s10566-013-9206-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stressPsychological distressHigh anxietyLife eventsChronic distressSocial supportEmotion regulation strategiesPoor emotion regulationPoor emotion regulation strategiesChild psychological distressMajor life eventsGrowth mixture modelingEmotion regulationPostdisaster distressRegulation strategiesPTS symptomsDataset of childrenPTS reactionsGeneral anxietyHurricane exposureContextual variablesGreater useDistressAnxietyDistinct trajectories