DOI: 10.3886/icpsr39322.v1
title: CTDA 1035: Posttraumatic Stress in Children Age 8 to 16 and Their Parents After Hurricane, United States, 2005-2008
title: Version 1

description: The overall objective of this study was to examine trajectories and predictors of posttraumatic stress and depression in children and parents after a major hurricane, with a particular focus on hurricane exposure and on parenting variables that might be amenable to intervention.
Three months after the hurricane, the study enrolled students in grades four through eight (age 8 to 16) in local schools and invited parent participation, and conducted assessments at four time points post-hurricane. Children reported on prior violence exposure and hurricane-related trauma exposure, and on posttraumatic stress, coping, social support; and parents reported on child behavior as well as their own posttraumatic stress and other mental health symptoms, coping, and parenting practices. (Note: The current dataset does not include measures of parenting practices.)
description: The aim of the study was to identify trajectories of youth's posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms following a major hurricane, as well as risk and protective factors associated with each trajectory.
description: A total of 426 youth and their parents were recruited from six schools. Interested parents completed and returned consent forms and self-report questionnaires. Children completed questionnaires in small groups at school. Questionnaires were administered at four time points post-disaster: Time 1 was conducted at 3 months post-hurricane; Time 2 was conducted at 13 months post-hurricane; Time 3 was conducted at 19 months post-hurricane; and Time 4 was conducted at 25 months post-hurricane. Measures included hurricane impact variables (initial loss/disruption and perceived life threat); history of family and community violence exposure, parent and peer social support, and post-disaster posttraumatic stress symptoms.
description: Variables in Child Trauma Data Archive (CTDA) datasets have been standardized for cross-study analysis. For variable naming conventions, please refer to the CTDA Data Manual.
Study-level metadata: study title and P.I., series ID, methodology (e.g., recruitment setting type)
Traumatic event descriptors: type of traumatic event, event circumstances, time since event
Demographics: child/adolescent age, sex, race/ethnicity; parent/caregiver sex, race/ethnicity, education level, relationship status, relation to child/adolescent
Stress items: emotions, cognitions, and behaviors experienced by the child/adolescent during and following the incident (e.g., isolation, numbness, dissociation, poor memory, nightmares)
Mental health symptoms: depression, anxiety, self-esteem, suicidal ideation, nervousness
Coping and help seeking items
description: Response Rates: Of the families contacted regarding their interest in the study, approximately 35 percent consented and completed questionnaires. At Time 1, 388 children participated in the study. An additional 38 children began participating at Time 2, but no additional participants were added at Times 3 or 4.
The number of participants who completed the UCLA posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Reaction Index - Revision 1 at each wave were as follows:
Time 1 = 346 (83 percent)
Time 2 = 356 (85 percent)
Time 3 = 345 (83 percent)
Time 4 = 331 (79 percent)
The majority of participants completed measures at either three or four time points: 238 (57 percent) completed four time points; 105 (25 percent) completed three time points; 37 (9 percent) completed two time points; and 37 (9 percent) completed only one time point.
description: Presence of Common Scales: Hurricane-Related Traumatic Experiences (HURTE)
Screen for Adolescent Violence Exposure (SAVE) and Kid-SAVE
Behavior Assessment Scale for Children (BASC)
UCLA posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Reaction Index for DSM-IV
KidCOPE
Social Support Scale for Children and Adolescents (SSSCA)
Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS)
Impact of Events Scale (IES)
Symptom Checklist 90 Revised (SCL-90-R)
Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE) Inventory
description: Datasets: 
DS1: CTDA 1035: Posttraumatic Stress in Children Age 8 to 16 and Their Parents After Hurricane, United States, 2005-2008
description: Children and adolescents and their parents after a major hurricane. Smallest Geographic Unit: Country
description: mail questionnaire; on-site questionnaireThis project is part of the Child Trauma Data Archives (CTDA). For more information, please visit the CTDA series website and refer to the Collection Notes document under the Data and Documentation tab.This project is intended to be used in cross-study analysis with other child trauma datasets.Some documentation may reflect a previous version of the study title and P.I. affiliations. For the latest metadata, please see this study homepage.