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Allen, Andrea; Marcelin, Louis Herns; Schmitz, Susan; Hausmann, Vicky; Shultz, James M. – Journal of Loss and Trauma, 2012
Individuals who are indirectly exposed to disasters may be affected psychologically. The impact of the 2010 Haiti earthquake reverberated throughout the Haitian American community in Miami, Florida. Many within the community held strong transnational family and friendship bonds to their homeland. We examined associations between indicators of…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Haitians
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Wasserstein, Shari B.; La Greca, Annette M. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1998
Three months after Hurricane Andrew, 89 children in grades four to six who lived in two-parent families and had experienced the hurricane were tested. Children's symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder were related to their perceptions of parental conflict; this relationship was stronger for Hispanic children than for other ethnic groups.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Children, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters