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- Title
The Effects of the 1999 Turkish Earthquake on Young Children: Analyzing Traumatized Children’s Completion of Short Stories.
- Authors
Celebi Oncu, Elif; Metindogan Wise, Aysegul
- Abstract
The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine whether projective techniques could identify long-term consequences among children stemming from exposure to a traumatic event. The first group of children ( n = 53; 26 female, 27 male) experienced 2 major earthquakes at age 7, 3 months apart, in Turkey, while a similarly matched control group ( n = 50; 25 female, 25 male) did not. Both groups of children (current age: 9) completed a series of short stories related to disastrous events. Results indicated that the traumatized group evinced a range of trauma-related symptoms 2 years after experiencing the earthquakes.
- Subjects
TURKEY; CHILD disaster victims; NARRATIVE therapy; EMOTIONAL trauma; NARRATIVE inquiry (Research method); EARTHQUAKES; CHILD psychology; SHORT story (Literary form)
- Publication
Child Development, 2010, Vol 81, Issue 4, p1161
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01460.x