• Find People
  • Campus Map
  • PiratePort
  • A-Z
    • About
    • Submit
    • Browse
    • Login
    View Item 
    •   ScholarShip Home
    • Dissertations and Theses
    • Master's Theses
    • View Item
    •   ScholarShip Home
    • Dissertations and Theses
    • Master's Theses
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

    All of The ScholarShipCommunities & CollectionsDateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsTypeDate SubmittedThis CollectionDateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsTypeDate Submitted

    My Account

    Login

    Statistics

    View Google Analytics Statistics

    Exploring the Effects of Hurricane Matthew: Perceptions of Elementary Educators

    Thumbnail
    View/ Open
    SCHLIERF-MASTERSTHESIS-2018.pdf (741.1Kb)

    Show full item record
    Author
    Schlierf, Emily Elizabeth
    Abstract
    Natural disasters have a traumatic impact that is pronounced in vulnerable populations such as children and areas of low socio-economic status. Children experience secondary effects from disasters such as anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress symptoms which are addressed by disaster relief teams and helping professionals such as physicians, nurses, counselors, educators, and child life specialists to prevent and ameliorate these consequences. The current qualitative study explores elementary school educators' experiences, perceptions, and preparation on addressing students' impacts after Hurricane Matthew. Theories of human ecology, family stress, and socio-emotional development guided this study to explore educators' viewpoints on needs, stressors, coping skills, and developmental impacts on children, including the role of child life specialists in a disaster relief setting. A qualitative approach was selected to describe and understand views of educators who work with affected children. Four elementary school educators from eastern North Carolina, an area affected by Hurricane Matthew in October of 2017 [i.e. 2016], participated in 30-minute open-ended interviews that identified and highlighted common themes. Results indicated that educators recognized disaster-related impacts, stressors, and behaviors in students, but lacked preparedness to support and address their coping skills. Educators reported supporting students, yet expressed a need for assistance from experts and preparatory training programs. Teaching coping skills and offering support is important due to secondary traumatization among children, particularly in high poverty areas. Further suggestions are examined to address psychosocial needs of children and families undergoing disaster-related stress, including promoting the role of child life specialists.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6778
    Subject
     secondary trauma; coping 
    Date
    2018-05-01
    Citation:
    APA:
    Schlierf, Emily Elizabeth. (May 2018). Exploring the Effects of Hurricane Matthew: Perceptions of Elementary Educators (Master's Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship. (http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6778.)

    Display/Hide MLA, Chicago and APA citation formats.

    MLA:
    Schlierf, Emily Elizabeth. Exploring the Effects of Hurricane Matthew: Perceptions of Elementary Educators. Master's Thesis. East Carolina University, May 2018. The Scholarship. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6778. December 04, 2023.
    Chicago:
    Schlierf, Emily Elizabeth, “Exploring the Effects of Hurricane Matthew: Perceptions of Elementary Educators” (Master's Thesis., East Carolina University, May 2018).
    AMA:
    Schlierf, Emily Elizabeth. Exploring the Effects of Hurricane Matthew: Perceptions of Elementary Educators [Master's Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University; May 2018.
    Collections
    • Master's Theses
    Publisher
    East Carolina University

    xmlui.ArtifactBrowser.ItemViewer.elsevier_entitlement

    East Carolina University has created ScholarShip, a digital archive for the scholarly output of the ECU community.

    • About
    • Contact Us
    • Send Feedback