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01-09-2014 | Disaster Psychiatry (CS North and B Pfefferbaum, Section Editors)

Meta-Analytic Review of Psychological Interventions for Children Survivors of Natural and Man-Made Disasters

Authors: Elana Newman, Betty Pfefferbaum, Namik Kirlic, Robert Tett, Summer Nelson, Brandi Liles

Published in: Current Psychiatry Reports | Issue 9/2014

Abstract

Although many post-disaster interventions for children and adolescent survivors of disaster and terrorism have been created, little is known about the effectiveness of such interventions. Therefore, this meta-analysis assessed PTSD outcomes among children and adolescent survivors of natural and man-made disasters receiving psychological interventions. Aggregating results from 24 studies (total N = 2630) indicates that children and adolescents receiving psychological intervention fared significantly better than those in control or waitlist groups with respect to PTSD symptoms. Moderator effects were also observed for intervention package, treatment modality (group vs. individual), providers’ level of training, intervention setting, parental involvement, participant age, length of treatment, intervention delivery timing, and methodological rigor. Findings are discussed in detail with suggestions for practice and future research.

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Title: Meta-Analytic Review of Psychological Interventions for Children Survivors of Natural and Man-Made Disasters
Authors: Elana Newman
Betty Pfefferbaum
Namik Kirlic
Robert Tett
Summer Nelson
Brandi Liles
Publication date: 01-09-2014
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Current Psychiatry Reports / Issue 9/2014
Print ISSN: 1523-3812
Electronic ISSN: 1535-1645
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-014-0462-z

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