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Catastrophic events: Reaction of preschool age children and their families

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This paper explored the reaction of preschool age children to the catastrophic events that they witness or are in some way directly involved or responsible for and the family dynamic. Because of the preschool age child's immature ego and cognition, the child experiences a catastrophic event as being intimately connected with his inner self, feelings, fantasies and copes with the trauma according to his parents' style of facilitation to the trauma themselves.

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  1. University of Massachusetts Medical Center, 01605, Worcester, MA

    Perihan A. Rosenthal MD (Senior Child Psychiatrist, associate Professor of Psychiatry & Pediatrics and Director of Child Outpatient)

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Rosenthal, P.A. Catastrophic events: Reaction of preschool age children and their families. Child Psych Hum Dev 14, 106–116 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00707675

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