Daily stressors and mental health following disaster: A school-based assessment of adolescent disaster survivors in China and Nepal.

ABSTRACT: Postdisaster daily stressors, the economic and social challenges caused or exacerbated by disasters, have significant consequences for mental health but are rarely investigated in child and adolescent populations. We assessed posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), depression, and anxiety among adolescents affected by disasters in China and Nepal and examined the specific contributions of disaster-related trauma exposure and daily stressors across mental health outcomes. A school-based, cross-sectional study was conducted with a stratified random sampling design. Adolescents living in disaster-affected areas of southern China and Nepal (N = 4,215, 52.7% female, age range: 15-19 years) completed translated, validated measures. Mixed effects logistic regression analyses were conducted using a

SUBMITTER: Newnham EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087694 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature