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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
arts and humanities
Trauma, grief and depression in Nairobi children after the 1998 bombing of the American Embassy
Death Studies, Volume 30, No. 6, Year 2006
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Description
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. Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Authors & Co-Authors
Pfefferbaum, Betty
United States, Oklahoma City
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
United States, Oklahoma City
Terrorism and Disaster Branch of the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
North, Carol
United States, Dallas
Ut Southwestern Medical Center
Doughty, Debby
United States, Oklahoma City
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Pfefferbaum, Rose
United States, Phoenix
Phoenix College
Dumont, Cedric
United States, Washington, D.c.
Office of Medical Services - Dc
Pynoos, Robert
United States, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
United States, Los Angeles
National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
Gurwitch, Robin
United States, Oklahoma City
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Ndetei, David Musyimi
Kenya, Nairobi
University of Nairobi
Statistics
Citations: 36
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/07481180600742566
ISSN:
07481187
e-ISSN:
10917683
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Mental Health
Study Locations
Kenya