The psychological well-being of Norwegian  adolescents exposed in utero to radiation from  the Chernobyl accident

The psychological well-being of Norwegian adolescents exposed in utero to radiation from the Chernobyl accident

  • نوع فایل : کتاب
  • زبان : انگلیسی
  • مؤلف : Kristin Sverdvik Heiervang1,2*, Sarnoff Mednick3, Kjetil Sundet1 and Bjّrn Rishovd Rund1,4
  • چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011

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Background: On 26 April 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffered an accident. Several areas of central Norway were heavily affected by far field radioactive fallout. The present study focuses on the psychological well-being of adolescents who were exposed to this radiation as fetuses. Methods: The adolescents (n = 53) and their mothers reported their perceptions of the adolescents’ current psychological health as measured by the Youth Self Report and Child Behaviour Checklist. Results: In spite of previous reports of subtle cognitive deficits in these exposed adolescents, there were few selfreported problems and fewer problems reported by the mothers. This contrasts with findings of studies of children from the former Soviet Union exposed in utero, in which objective measures are inconsistent, and self-reports, especially by mothers, express concern for adolescents’ cognitive functioning and psychological well-being. Conclusion: In the current paper, we explore possible explanations for this discrepancy and suggest that protective factors in Norway, in addition to perceived physical and psychological distance from the disaster, made the mothers less vulnerable to Chernobyl-related anxiety, thus preventing a negative effect on the psychological health of both mother and child.
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