Posttraumatic stress and functional impairment in Kenyan children following the 1998 American Embassy bombing

Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2003 Apr;73(2):133-40. doi: 10.1037/0002-9432.73.2.133.

Abstract

This study examined a convenience sample of 562 Nairobi school children exposed to the 1998 bombing of the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. Posttraumatic stress reactions to the bombing were related to posttraumatic stress reactions to other trauma and to peritraumatic reaction. Self-reported functional impairment was minimal.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Data Collection
  • Explosions*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kenya / epidemiology*
  • Male
  • Psychology, Child
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / epidemiology*
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / psychology
  • Terrorism*
  • Time Factors