Title: Effects of parents' experiential avoidance and PTSD on adolescent disaster-related posttraumatic stress symptomatology
Author: Polusny, Melissa Anderson; Ries, Barry J; Meis, Laura A; DeGarmo, David S; McCormick-Deaton, Catherine M; Thuras, Paul; Erbes, Christopher R
Source: Journal of Family Psychology, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 220-229, April 2011
Abstract:
Despite the importance of family context to adolescents' reactions following disaster, little research has examined the role of parents' functioning on adolescents' disaster-related PTSD symptoms.
Using data from 288 adolescents (ages 12 to 19 years) and 288 parents exposed to a series of severe tornadoes in a rural Midwestern community, this study tested a conceptual model of the interrelationships between individual and parental risk factors on adolescents' disaster-related PTSD symptoms using structural equation modeling.
Results showed that the psychological process of experiential avoidance mediated the relationship between family disaster exposure and PTSD for both adolescents and their parents.
Parents' PTSD symptoms independently predicted adolescents' PTSD symptoms. Further, parents' post-disaster functioning amplified the effects of adolescent experiential avoidance on adolescents' disaster-related PTSD symptoms.
Findings highlight the importance of family context in understanding adolescents' post-disaster reactions. Clinical implications are discussed.
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