Assessing the Impact of September 11th, 2001, on Children, Youth, And Parents in the United States Lessons from Applied Developmental Science a Special Issue of Applied Developmental Science

These two special issues of Applied Developmental Science include eight major studies of the impacts of the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks on children, youth, and their parents. Issue 1 includes a report of the impact of September 11th on New York City youth in comparison with that of everyday violence, as well as three studies which demonstrate the impact of the attacks on the metal health and coping strategies of adolescents throughout the country, despite being physically distant from the event. Issue 2 includes a study of separation anxiety in school age children in New York City following the attacks, the results from two national surveys of parents' roles in helping children respond to or process the attacks, and a study of the impact of such a "distant trauma" on rural youth.Gershoff, Elizabeth T. is the author of 'Assessing the Impact of September 11th, 2001, on Children, Youth, And Parents in the United States Lessons from Applied Developmental Science a Special Issue of Applied Developmental Science', published 2004 under ISBN 9780805895117 and ISBN 0805895116.