Parents' Retrospective Reports of Youth Psychological Responses to the Sniper Attacks in the Washington, DC, Area
A random-digit-dial telephone survey was conducted in May 2003, with 355 parents of children ages 2–17 years old, living in Washington, DC, or in the two surrounding counties during the October 2002 sniper shootings, to examine parent retrospective reports of child event-related
psychological distress. An estimated 32% of parents reported that children experienced at least one psychological distress symptom related to sniper shootings. Older children, females, children with a history of trauma exposure prior to sniper attacks, children whose parents reported routine
disruption as the result of attacks, children whose parents perceived them as at great risk for harm from sniper attacks, and those children whose parents reported more traumatic stress symptoms in response to attacks were at greatest risk for reported psychological distress.
Keywords: AREA; COMMUNITY TRAUMATIC EVENTS; DC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS; SNIPER SHOOTINGS; WASHINGTON
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 February 2011
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