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Traumatic events are becoming more prevalent in youth, especially considering the increase in disaster exposure, impacting the wellbeing and mental health of youth. Youth in rural communities are more adversely impacted due to a lack of access to available support and services. Interventions geared toward treating traumatic stress are needed for yo...
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... Many studies in the literature point out that major traumatic events (such as earthquakes, wars, epidemics, and natural disasters) have adverse effects on individuals' PWB, life satisfaction, and mental health (Haydon & Salvatore, 2021;Oishi et al., 2015;Rehdanz et al., 2015;. Traumatic events are becoming more common, especially among individuals exposed to disasters, and this negatively affects individuals' well-being and mental health (Renn et al., 2024). Post-earthquake studies show that chronic depression and anxiety may develop in earthquake survivors (Kino et al., 2021;Valladares-Garrido et al., 2022). ...
This study compares the emotion regulation, intent attribution, and emotional and psychological well-being (PWB) of children who lost their loved ones in the earthquakes that occurred in Türkiye on February 6, 2023, with children who were not directly affected by the earthquakes and who were nonbereaved. The participants consisted of 216 children living in earthquake zones who were bereaved and 202 children who were not living in earthquake zones and were nonbereaved. As a result of the study, it was found that the PWB and emotion regulation of children who were nonbereaved were statistically significantly higher than those of children who were bereaved. No significant difference was found between bereaved and nonbereaved children in terms of intent attribution. In addition, it was determined that significant positive relationships existed between PWB and emotion regulation in children who were nonbereaved. These relationships were seen at a lower level in children who were bereaved.
