BACKGROUND On 26 April 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffered an accident. Several areas of central Norway were heavily affected by far field radioactive fallout. The present study focuses on the psychological well-being of adolescents who were exposed to this radiation as fetuses. METHODS The adolescents (n = 53) and their mothers reported their perceptions of the adolescents' current psychological health as measured by the Youth Self Report and Child Behaviour Checklist. RESULTS In spite of previous reports of subtle cognitive deficits in these exposed adolescents, there were few self-reported problems and fewer problems reported by the mothers. This contrasts with findings of studies of children from the former Soviet Union exposed in utero, in which objective measures are inconsistent, and self-reports, especially by mothers, express concern for adolescents' cognitive functioning and psychological well-being. CONCLUSION In the current paper, we explore possible explanations for this discrepancy and suggest that protective factors in Norway, in addition to perceived physical and psychological distance from the disaster, made the mothers less vulnerable to Chernobyl-related anxiety, thus preventing a negative effect on the psychological health of both mother and child.

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子宫内暴露于切尔诺贝利事故辐射的挪威青少年的心理健康状况。

背景 1986 年 4 月 26 日，切尔诺贝利核电站发生事故。挪威中部的几个地区受到远场放射性沉降物的严重影响。本研究侧重于作为胎儿暴露于这种辐射的青少年的心理健康。方法 青少年（n = 53）和他们的母亲报告了他们对青少年当前心理健康状况的看法，根据青少年自我报告和儿童行为清单衡量。结果 尽管之前有报告称这些暴露的青少年存在细微的认知缺陷，但自我报告的问题很少，母亲报告的问题也较少。这与前苏联儿童在子宫内暴露的研究结果形成对比，其中客观措施不一致，自我报告，尤其是母亲，表达对青少年认知功能和心理健康的关注。结论 在目前的论文中，我们探讨了对这种差异的可能解释，并建议挪威的保护因素，除了感知到的与灾难的身体和心理距离之外，还使母亲不易受到与切尔诺贝利相关的焦虑的影响，从而防止对儿童产生负面影响。母子双方的心理健康。