CTDA 1027: Posttraumatic Stress in Children Age 7 to 12 After Hurricane, United States, 1992-1993 (ICPSR 39338)

Version Date: Jun 2, 2025

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Principal Investigator(s):
Annette La Greca, University of Miami

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39338.v1

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Summary

The aims of this study were to describe the course of posttraumatic stress responses in children after exposure to a hurricane and to examine potential predictors of child outcomes.

Three months after a major hurricane, the study enrolled students in grades three to five (age 7 to 12) in local schools. At the initial (3 month) assessment, children reported on specific hurricane-related trauma exposures, posttraumatic stress and anxiety symptoms, coping, and social support; at 7 months and 10 months post-hurricane, children reported on posttraumatic stress, anxiety, and coping.

Citation

La Greca, Annette. CTDA 1027: Posttraumatic Stress in Children Age 7 to 12 After Hurricane, United States, 1992-1993. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-06-02. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39338.v1

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Funding

BellSouth Foundation

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

Country

Restrictions

Access to these data requires a signed Researcher Application which is available to download as study documentation.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1992 -- 1993

Date of Collection

1992 -- 1993

Data Collection Notes

  1. This 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.

  2. This project is intended to be used in cross-study analysis with other child trauma datasets.

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Study Purpose

The purpose of this study was to examine posttraumatic stress and anxiety symptoms, coping, and social support in children who had recently experienced a major hurricane.

Study Design

The research team administered assessments to small groups of participants aged 7 to 12 in a school setting. These participants were recruited based on recent exposure to a traumatic event, in this case, a major hurricane. Follow-up assessments were conducted at 3-months, 7-months, and 10-months following initial assessment.

Time Method

Longitudinal: Cohort / Event-based

Universe

Children exposed to a severe hurricane.

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Description of Variables

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., CTDA study ID, methodology (e.g., recruitment setting type)
  • Traumatic event descriptors: trauma type, type of disaster, degree of exposure (i.e., direct or indirect), year of event, injuries and damages sustained during the event
  • Demographics: child age, sex, race/ethnicity, year of school, family background (e.g. parent(s) marital status, household income, # people in household)
  • Stress items: emotions, cognitions, and behaviors experienced during and following the incident (e.g., isolation, numbness, dissociation, poor memory, nightmares)
  • Mental health symptoms: depression, anxiety, self-esteem, nervousness
  • Coping mechanisms: try to forget, blame someone, keep quiet
  • Social support: did something with or talked to parent/teacher/friend

Presence of Common Scales

  • Hurricane-Related Traumatic Experiences (HURTE)
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index for Children
  • Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS)
  • Fear Inventory
  • KidCOPE
  • Coping Assistance Checklist for Children
  • Social Support Scale for Children (SSSC)
  • Life Event Schedule (LES)

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Original Release Date

2025-06-02

Version History

2025-06-02 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

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