<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Betancourt, T. S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">McBain, R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Newnham, E. A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Brennan, R. T.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trajectories of internalizing problems in war-affected Sierra Leonean youth: examining conflict and postconflict factors</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Child Dev</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Adaptation, Psychological</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Internal-External Control</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Warfare</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adolescent</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Child</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mental Disorders/*psychology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prospective Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Risk Factors</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sierra Leone</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mar-Apr</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">84</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">455-70</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1467-8624 (Electronic)&lt;br/&gt;0009-3920 (Linking)</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Three waves of data from a prospective longitudinal study in Sierra Leone were used to examine internalizing trajectories in 529 war-affected youth (ages 10-17 at baseline; 25% female). Latent class growth analyses identified 4 trajectories: A large majority of youth maintained lower levels of internalizing problems (41.4%) or significantly improved over time (47.6%) despite very limited access to care, but smaller proportions continued to report severe difficulties 6 years postwar (4.5%) or their symptoms worsened (6.4%). Continued internalizing problems were associated with loss of a caregiver, family abuse and neglect, and community stigma. Despite the comparative resilience of most war-affected youth in the face of extreme adversity, there remains a compelling need for interventions that address family- and community-level stressors.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">23002719</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Betancourt, Theresa S&lt;br/&gt;McBain, Ryan&lt;br/&gt;Newnham, Elizabeth A&lt;br/&gt;Brennan, Robert T&lt;br/&gt;eng&lt;br/&gt;K01 MH077246/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/&lt;br/&gt;R01 HD073349/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/&lt;br/&gt;1K01MH077246-01A2/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/&lt;br/&gt;Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural&lt;br/&gt;Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't&lt;br/&gt;2012/09/26 06:00&lt;br/&gt;Child Dev. 2013 Mar-Apr;84(2):455-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01861.x. Epub 2012 Sep 24.</style></notes><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3656826</style></custom2><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. theresa_betancourt@harvard.edu</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>