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01-12-2006 | Original Paper

Parents, children, and trauma: Parent role perceptions and behaviors related to the 9/11 tragedy

Auteurs: Barbara A. Mowder, Michelle Guttman, Florence Rubinson, K. Mark Sossin

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 6/2006

Abstract

The trauma associated with 9/11 affected and continues to influence children, families, and other groups of people. While research is cataloging the various coping difficulties experienced, few studies specifically address issues related to parenting perceptions and related activities or behaviors. We examined individuals employed in close proximity to Ground Zero and considered these individuals’ perspectives regarding their parenting perceptions and behaviors. In addition to capturing parenting subsequent to 9/11, the researchers also asked participants about their parenting beliefs and behaviors prior to and immediately after 9/11. Additional variables, such as directly viewing 9/11 and participating in the evacuation, parent age and gender, child age and gender, and ethnicity, were considered in light of parenting beliefs and practices. The retrospective questions, while not ideal methodologically, reveal that some parent characteristics and behaviors changed immediately following 9/11 and subsequently returned to pre-9/11 levels, others changed and remain altered, while others stayed relatively stable over time. Implications of this research for further study as well as mental health practice related to children and families are presented.

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Titel: Parents, children, and trauma: Parent role perceptions and behaviors related to the 9/11 tragedy
Auteurs: Barbara A. Mowder
Michelle Guttman
Florence Rubinson
K. Mark Sossin
Publicatiedatum: 01-12-2006
Uitgeverij: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 6/2006
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-006-9046-9

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