APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Post-Hurricane Maria Impact on the Well-Being of Teenage Girls in Puerto Rico

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · General

  • Claire Carney
    Sacred Heart Academy
  • Caroline Doran
    Sacred Heart Academy
  • Grace Doran
    Sacred Heart Academy
  • Stephen Sullivan
    Teacher

Abstract

104 girls at a single-sex academy in Puerto Rico completed surveys measuring stress/anxiety immediately following and two years after Hurricane Maria. Four common traumatic experiences predicted significantly elevated anxiety in 2017, and marginally higher anxiety as late as 2019.

Adolescent

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