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Parental Influence on Child Mental Health Post-Hurricane Harvey

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Short, Mary B., Kaye, Savannah, Knight, Cory, Riobueno-Naylor, Alexa, Lai, Betty, Elkins, Sara, Schanding, Thomas, Bistricky, Steven L.·2023·Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma
DOI 10.1007/s40653-023-00554-wPMC PMC10689600
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Purpose: Many children who face natural disasters experience significant mental health consequences. Parents play a prominent role in the likelihood of child mental health outcomes after a weather-related disaster. This study aimed to examine the relationship between parent risk factors and children’s psychological well-being post Hurricane Harvey. Methods: Parents (n = 140) completed a survey that measured hurricane exposure, parental depression and anxiety, parenting behaviors, and assistance given and received during or after Hurricane Harvey. Additionally, parents were asked to complete questionnaires assessing one of their children’s post-disaster psychosocial functioning and distress. Results: Results indicated that heightened parent anxiety was significantly associated with an increased risk for emotional symptoms, conduct problems, and hyperactivity-inattention symptoms in children. Additionally, inconsistency in parental discipline was significantly associated with an increased risk of child conduct problems. Further, higher numbers of assistance types received by parents—a proxy indicator of resource loss—was associated with higher child emotional distress scores. Conclusions: Broader systems-level interventions that address parents’ physical and emotional needs may help mitigate maladaptive reactions in children and facilitate greater post-disaster psychosocial adjustment.

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  • These caregiving differences correspond with increased emotional and behavioral difficulties in children.

    “These caregiving differences correspond with increased emotional and behavioral difficulties in children (26, 27).”

    From Epigenetic changes associated with multi-generational trauma: characterization, mechanisms, and therapeutics (2026) · cites this paper as [26]

    The Results (Child Psychosocial Difficulties; page unavailable) associate inconsistent parental discipline with more child conduct problems. The Discussion says parenting practices were related only to conduct problems, not emotional symptoms; parental anxiety, rather than the measured parenting practices, was associated with both emotional and behavioral symptoms. Thus the source supports the behavioral part of the claim but not its attribution of increased emotional difficulties to caregiving differences. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Increased parental stress has been associated with reduced caregiving consistency, emotional availability, and responsiveness.

    “Increased parental stress has been associated with reduced caregiving consistency, emotional availability, and responsiveness (26, 27).”

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    The Parent Symptoms and Parenting Behaviors section says post-disaster stressors can make consistent discipline harder, and the Discussion links disaster-related resource loss with inconsistent discipline. The paper does not establish that parental stress reduces emotional availability or responsiveness, and it notes that it could not measure whether discipline became less consistent after the hurricane (page numbers unavailable in our copy). (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  1. Piscitello, J. C. (2020). Factors predicting maternal posttraumatic stress symptom trajectories following a natural diaster: Coping, social support, and family functioning. Unpublished Dissertation, Lousiana State University. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2665131499?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true

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Authors
Short, M. B., Kaye, S., Knight, C., Riobueno-Naylor, A., Lai, B., Elkins, S., Schanding, T., & Bistricky, S. L.
Affiliations
  • University of Houston - Clear Lake (US)
  • Boston College (US)
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
  • University of Colorado System (US)
Corresponding author
Short, Mary B.
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2023-05-16
Volume
16
Issue
4
Pages
853-867
ISSN
  • 1936-1521 (ISSN-L)
  • 1936-153X
DOI
10.1007/s40653-023-00554-w
PMC
PMC10689600
OpenAlex
W4376644343
Cited by
7
References
60
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2
FWCI
2.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
University of Houston-Clear Lake
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Disaster Management and Resilience
Keywords
Hurricane Harvey, child mental health, parental depression, parental anxiety, parental behavior, parental discipline, conduct problems, resource loss, natural disasters, parent-child relationship

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