@article{3c09c41f21654e31a713bbbbcb8edbb1,
title = "Unwanted intrusive thoughts and cognitive functioning in kindergarten and young elementary school-age children following Hurricane Katrina",
abstract = "Seven months after Hurricane Katrina, 183 five- to eight-year-old children were surveyed about their own intrusive thoughts and tested on their level of cognitive functioning (knowledge about the mind and the mind's operations). Basic developmental research suggests that children who lack sufficient knowledge about the mind should have difficulties answering questions about intrusive thoughts. Hurricane-affected children reported relatively more intrusive thoughts with negative content than nonaffected children reported. An association between children's level of understanding of the mind and their ability to report on their own intrusive thoughts supports this hypothesis. Results point to a funneling of intrusive thoughts toward negative content following a traumatic event and highlight the importance of considering children's level of understanding of the mind when investigating intrusive thoughts in young children.",
keywords = "Adaptation, Psychological, Arousal, Attention, Awareness, Child, Child, Preschool, Cognition, Culture, Disasters, Emotions, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Internal-External Control, Interview, Psychological, Male, Mississippi, Personality Assessment, Repression, Psychology, Socioeconomic Factors, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/diagnosis, Thinking",
author = "Manuel Sprung",
note = "Funding Information: Manuel Sprung is now Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology, University of Innsbruck, Austria. Financial support for this study from the National Science Foundation (NSF BSC-0603674) is gratefully acknowledged. I am also grateful to Cecile D. Burge, Vice President of Research and Economic Development at the University of Southern Mississippi, for providing computer and video-recording equipment required for this study. Some of the research presented in this article was presented at the 2007 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (Symposium 1-026 {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}Dysfunctional Thoughts and Feelings Following Hurricane Katrina{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright}).",
year = "2008",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1080/15374410802148236",
language = "English",
volume = "37",
pages = "575--587",
journal = "Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology",
issn = "1537-4416",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "3",
}