Children following the Ghislenghien gas explosion : PTSD predictors and risk factors
(2014) Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma — Vol. 7, n° 1, p. 51-62 (2014)
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- This paper describes the risk factors for the development of posttraumatic stress reactions in children after a technological disaster in Ghislenghien, Belgium in 2004. Children were assessed at five months (T1, N = 128) and at fourteen months (T2; N = 69). At T1 and T2 respectively, 7 % and 4 % of the responding children showed severe posttraumatic stress reactions. Of those who showed posttraumatic stress reactions at T1, 60 % recovered from these symptoms at T2. One child developed severe posttraumatic stress reactions between T1 and T2. Risk factors related to posttraumatic stress reactions were: (a) type of exposure to the disaster; (b) peritraumatic dissociation during or immediately after the disaster; and (c) dissatisfaction with the received psychological help.
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De Soir, E., Zech, E., Alisic, E., Versporten, A., Van Oyen, H., Kleber, R., van der Hart, O., & Mylle, J. (2014). Children following the Ghislenghien gas explosion : PTSD predictors and risk factors. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 7(1), 51-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-014-0002-3 (Original work published 2014)