This study examined correlates of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and depressive symptoms among 6- to 10-year-olds affected directly by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Research on the sequelae of disaster exposure for children has focused largely on aspects that contribute to increased distress or risk for disorder; fewer studies have investigated influences that may serve a positive function. This study sought to address that gap by examining the association between key children's socioemotional resources reflecting the self-system (perceived competence, future expectations, coping competency beliefs) and postdisaster symptomatology (PTSS, depressive symptoms) at approximately 12 and 22 months posthurricane. Participants included 66 caregiver-child dyads at Time 1 (T1) and 51 at Time 2 (T2), recruited in Louisiana and Mississippi. Study results indicate that higher levels of child self-system resources and self-views were associated with lower symptom levels. Although results were mixed across time points, the study's key findings were: (a) children's T1 levels of coping competency beliefs predicted lower PTSS at T2; and (b) children's positive future expectations at T1 predicted lower levels of depressive symptoms at T2. Results support the value of incorporating child socioemotional resource variables in disaster research and building on children's self-system resources via intervention pre- and postdisaster. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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儿童自我系统功能与灾难后抑郁和创伤后应激症状之间的关联。

这项研究检查了直接受卡特里娜飓风及其后果影响的 6 至 10 岁儿童的创伤后压力症状 (PTSS) 和抑郁症状的相关性。对儿童受灾后遗症的研究主要集中在导致痛苦或紊乱风险增加的方面；调查可能起到积极作用的影响的研究较少。本研究试图通过检查反映自我系统（感知能力、未来期望、应对能力信念）和灾后症状（PTSS，抑郁症状）在飓风后大约 12 个月和 22 个月的关键儿童的社会情感资源之间的关联来解决这一差距。参与者包括在时间 1 (T1) 和时间 2 (T2) 的 66 名照顾者-儿童二人组，他们在路易斯安那州和密西西比州招募。研究结果表明，较高水平的儿童自我系统资源和自我观点与较低的症状水平相关。尽管不同时间点的结果好坏参半，但该研究的主要发现是：(a) 儿童 T1 水平的应对能力信念预测了 T2 时较低的 PTSS；(b) 儿童在 T1 时对未来的积极期望预测了 T2 时较低水平的抑郁症状。结果支持将儿童社会情感资源变量纳入灾害研究并通过灾前和灾后干预建立儿童自我系统资源的价值。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。该研究的主要发现是：(a) 儿童 T1 水平的应对能力信念预测了 T2 时较低的 PTSS；(b) 儿童在 T1 时对未来的积极期望预测了 T2 时较低水平的抑郁症状。结果支持将儿童社会情感资源变量纳入灾害研究并通过灾前和灾后干预建立儿童自我系统资源的价值。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。该研究的主要发现是：(a) 儿童 T1 水平的应对能力信念预测了 T2 时较低的 PTSS；(b) 儿童在 T1 时对未来的积极期望预测了 T2 时较低水平的抑郁症状。结果支持将儿童社会情感资源变量纳入灾害研究并通过灾前和灾后干预建立儿童自我系统资源的价值。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。通过灾前和灾后干预获得自我系统资源。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。通过灾前和灾后干预获得自我系统资源。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。