<![CDATA[The flash flood that occurred in the Garut Regency three years ago brought about devas tating effects, one of which was the psychological impact in adolescents, namely PTSD. This study aimed to identify Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in adolescent vic tims of the flash flood that occurred in Garut, Indonesia three years ago. PTSD was assessed using the questionnaire of PTSD Checklist (PCL) that had been reported to be reliable and valid with Cronbach's alpha was 0.91 and 0.947. The participant of this study were 102 teenagers of the State Junior High-School (SMPN) 3 Tarogong Kidul whowere victims of the flood and selected using a purposive sampling technique. This study used a quantitative descriptive method with cross-sectional approach. The results showed that three years after the Garut flash flood, a total of 80% of adolescent victims did not experience PTSD and 20 (20%) of the adolescents were identified having PTSD. Re experiencing symptom and hyper-arousal symptom were most common trauma encoun tered, while 90% participants have feeling intruded by memories of trauma and 80% participants showed symptoms of increased alertness. It is expected that nurses and experts can perform early and continuous screening for PTSD following a traumatic event, both in adolescents and other age groups to prevent another more severe impact.]]>
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