Adolescents exposed to a traumatic event may often develop PTSD and/or other emo-tional and behavioural problems. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of negative or potentially traumatic events and PTSD symptoms both on behavioural dis-orders and the way the adolescents narrate the negative event that they experienced. 747 adolescents (476 males; 271 females; mean age = 16.45; SD = 1.57) were recruited in high school. Adolescents were asked to write down a narrative of a negative event they really experienced and then they were asked to filled out the following instru-ments: Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R; Weiss & Marmar, 1997); Centrality of Event Scale (CES; Berntsen & Rubin, 2006); Youth Self-Report (YSR; Achenbach, 2001). Our outcomes highlight the presence of a large amount of negative events also in a normative sample, an effect between the type of event and the psychological and behavioural responses, and different narrative modalities depending on the psychologi-cal and behavioural responses elicited by the event lived.
Gli adolescenti esposti a eventi di vita negativi possono sviluppare sintomi da stress post-traumatico e/o altri problemi psicologici e comportamentali. Questo lavoro si pro-pone sia di indagare l’impatto degli eventi negativi o potenzialmente traumatici sulla comparsa dei sintomi di PTSD e sui comportamenti internalizzanti, sia di verificare se il modo in cui l’adolescente narra tali eventi sia in qualche misura influenzato dall’esperienza vissuta. 747 adolescenti (476 maschi e 271 femmine; età media = 16.45; DS = 1.57) sono stati contattati presso alcune scuole secondarie. Ai ragazzi è stato chiesto di scrivere una narrazione di un evento di vita negativo esperito; in segui-to è stato chiesto di compilare i seguenti strumenti: Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R; Weiss & Marmar, 1997); Centrality of Event Scale (CES; Berntsen & Rubin, 2006) Youth Self-Report (YSR; Achenbach, 2001). I nostri dati sottolineano la presenza di numerose esperienze traumatiche anche in un gruppo normativo di adolescenti, e di un effetto tra il tipo di evento e la risposta psicologica e comportamentale, e differenti modalità narrative a seconda delle risposte psicologiche e comportamentali suscitate dall’evento vissuto.
Ionio, C., Olivari, M. G., Confalonieri, E., Eventi traumatici in adolescenza: Risposte psicologiche e comportamentali, <<MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL'INFANZIA>>, 2013; 15 (2): 87-99. [doi:10.3280/MAL2013-002005] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/48356]
Eventi traumatici in adolescenza: Risposte psicologiche e comportamentali
Ionio, Chiara;Olivari, Maria Giulia;Confalonieri, Emanuela
2013
Abstract
Adolescents exposed to a traumatic event may often develop PTSD and/or other emo-tional and behavioural problems. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of negative or potentially traumatic events and PTSD symptoms both on behavioural dis-orders and the way the adolescents narrate the negative event that they experienced. 747 adolescents (476 males; 271 females; mean age = 16.45; SD = 1.57) were recruited in high school. Adolescents were asked to write down a narrative of a negative event they really experienced and then they were asked to filled out the following instru-ments: Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R; Weiss & Marmar, 1997); Centrality of Event Scale (CES; Berntsen & Rubin, 2006); Youth Self-Report (YSR; Achenbach, 2001). Our outcomes highlight the presence of a large amount of negative events also in a normative sample, an effect between the type of event and the psychological and behavioural responses, and different narrative modalities depending on the psychologi-cal and behavioural responses elicited by the event lived.
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