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Trauma, grief and depression in Nairobi children after the 1998 bombing of the American Embassy.

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Pfefferbaum, B; North, CS; Doughty, DE; Pfefferbaum, RL; Dumont, CE; Pynoos, RS; Gurwitch, RH; Ndetei, D
Published in: Death Stud
2006

Despite the increasingly dangerous world where trauma and loss are common, relatively few studies have explored traumatic grief in children. The 1998 American Embassy bombing in Nairobi, Kenya, provided an unfortunate opportunity to examine this topic. This report describes findings in 156 children who knew someone killed in the incident, assessed 8 to 14 months after the explosion. Bomb-related posttraumatic stress was associated with physical exposure, acute response, posttraumatic stress related to other negative life events, type of bomb-related loss, and subsequent loss. Grief was associated with bomb-related posttraumatic stress, posttraumatic stress related to other negative life events, and type of bomb-related loss. The study supports the developing literature on traumatic grief and the need for studies exploring the potentially unique aspects of this construct.

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Published In

Death Stud

DOI

ISSN

0748-1187

Publication Date

2006

Volume

30

Issue

6

Start / End Page

561 / 577

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Terrorism
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Kenya
  • Humans
  • Grief
  • Depression
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Child
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
 

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Pfefferbaum, B., North, C. S., Doughty, D. E., Pfefferbaum, R. L., Dumont, C. E., Pynoos, R. S., … Ndetei, D. (2006). Trauma, grief and depression in Nairobi children after the 1998 bombing of the American Embassy. Death Stud, 30(6), 561–577. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481180600742566
Pfefferbaum, Betty, Carol S. North, Debby E. Doughty, Rose L. Pfefferbaum, Cedric E. Dumont, Robert S. Pynoos, Robin H. Gurwitch, and David Ndetei. “Trauma, grief and depression in Nairobi children after the 1998 bombing of the American Embassy.Death Stud 30, no. 6 (2006): 561–77. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481180600742566.
Pfefferbaum B, North CS, Doughty DE, Pfefferbaum RL, Dumont CE, Pynoos RS, et al. Trauma, grief and depression in Nairobi children after the 1998 bombing of the American Embassy. Death Stud. 2006;30(6):561–77.
Pfefferbaum, Betty, et al. “Trauma, grief and depression in Nairobi children after the 1998 bombing of the American Embassy.Death Stud, vol. 30, no. 6, 2006, pp. 561–77. Pubmed, doi:10.1080/07481180600742566.
Pfefferbaum B, North CS, Doughty DE, Pfefferbaum RL, Dumont CE, Pynoos RS, Gurwitch RH, Ndetei D. Trauma, grief and depression in Nairobi children after the 1998 bombing of the American Embassy. Death Stud. 2006;30(6):561–577.
Journal cover image

Published In

Death Stud

DOI

ISSN

0748-1187

Publication Date

2006

Volume

30

Issue

6

Start / End Page

561 / 577

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Terrorism
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Kenya
  • Humans
  • Grief
  • Depression
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Child
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology