Predictors of child resilience in a community-based cohort facing flood as natural disaster
Abstract Background Natural disasters are unpredictable and uncontrollable events that usually induce significant level of stress and social disruption in afflicted individuals. The consequences are formidable, affecting lifetime health and economic prosperity. Among natural disasters, floods are th...
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| description | Abstract Background Natural disasters are unpredictable and uncontrollable events that usually induce significant level of stress and social disruption in afflicted individuals. The consequences are formidable, affecting lifetime health and economic prosperity. Among natural disasters, floods are the most common causes and tend to have the highest economic burden. The aim of this study was to examine factors associated with child resilience in the face of the natural disaster experienced by the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada during its unprecedented flood of 2013. Methods The current study was conducted in a community-based cohort situated in the city of Calgary. The participants were recruited out of the All Our Families longitudinal cohort within the Cummings School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. Of the total 1711 people contacted, 469 people consented and completed questionnaire. Of those 469 who consented to be part of the study, 467 were eligible to be included for analysis. A flood impact questionnaire was delivered 6 months after the 2013 flood in families whose children were an average of 3 years old. Mother reported questionnaires were used to assess child resilience. The study included maternal data on a range of factors including socio-demographic, history of mental health, relationship with the partner and social support. Child related data were also incorporated into the study, and variables included delivery mode, child sex, and child age at the time of disaster. Results Child resilience was best predicted by mother’s age and social support, and by child gender, the child’s externalizing and internalizing behaviors and the Rothbart temperament scale: effortful control. Furthermore, this study revealed that children who were more exposed to the flood events, showed higher resilience compared to the children who were less or not exposed. Conclusions These findings highlight the risk and protective factors that predict child resilience and suggest that mother reported questionnaire are useful tools to assess child resilience amidst early life adversity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-02f9e0afd7b3452ba79c171c9982acb52022-12-21T23:10:50ZengBMCBMC Psychiatry1471-244X2020-11-0120111010.1186/s12888-020-02944-yPredictors of child resilience in a community-based cohort facing flood as natural disasterMuhammad Arshad0Muhammad Kashif Mughal1Rebecca Giallo2Dawn Kingston3Faculty of Nursing, University of CalgaryFaculty of Nursing, University of CalgaryMurdoch Childrens Research Institute, The Royal Children’s HospitalFaculty of Nursing, University of CalgaryAbstract Background Natural disasters are unpredictable and uncontrollable events that usually induce significant level of stress and social disruption in afflicted individuals. The consequences are formidable, affecting lifetime health and economic prosperity. Among natural disasters, floods are the most common causes and tend to have the highest economic burden. The aim of this study was to examine factors associated with child resilience in the face of the natural disaster experienced by the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada during its unprecedented flood of 2013. Methods The current study was conducted in a community-based cohort situated in the city of Calgary. The participants were recruited out of the All Our Families longitudinal cohort within the Cummings School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. Of the total 1711 people contacted, 469 people consented and completed questionnaire. Of those 469 who consented to be part of the study, 467 were eligible to be included for analysis. A flood impact questionnaire was delivered 6 months after the 2013 flood in families whose children were an average of 3 years old. Mother reported questionnaires were used to assess child resilience. The study included maternal data on a range of factors including socio-demographic, history of mental health, relationship with the partner and social support. Child related data were also incorporated into the study, and variables included delivery mode, child sex, and child age at the time of disaster. Results Child resilience was best predicted by mother’s age and social support, and by child gender, the child’s externalizing and internalizing behaviors and the Rothbart temperament scale: effortful control. Furthermore, this study revealed that children who were more exposed to the flood events, showed higher resilience compared to the children who were less or not exposed. Conclusions These findings highlight the risk and protective factors that predict child resilience and suggest that mother reported questionnaire are useful tools to assess child resilience amidst early life adversity.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-020-02944-yChild resilienceFloodNatural disasterMental healthChild development |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Arshad Muhammad Kashif Mughal Rebecca Giallo Dawn Kingston Predictors of child resilience in a community-based cohort facing flood as natural disaster BMC Psychiatry Child resilience Flood Natural disaster Mental health Child development |
| title | Predictors of child resilience in a community-based cohort facing flood as natural disaster |
| title_full | Predictors of child resilience in a community-based cohort facing flood as natural disaster |
| title_fullStr | Predictors of child resilience in a community-based cohort facing flood as natural disaster |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predictors of child resilience in a community-based cohort facing flood as natural disaster |
| title_short | Predictors of child resilience in a community-based cohort facing flood as natural disaster |
| title_sort | predictors of child resilience in a community based cohort facing flood as natural disaster |
| topic | Child resilience Flood Natural disaster Mental health Child development |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-020-02944-y |
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