This article describes a study of the effects on adolescents and isolation after hurricane Katrina. The professors hypothesis was that adolescents who went back to the affected areas, where more tempted to isolate their selves from the environment around them. Once they studied students from different areas they found different behavior in students from New Orleans compared to other cities. There hypothesis had evidential support that also stated that medical and mental intervention is necessary after an adolescent has been present in a natural disaster. The article describes the complete study that led to a correct hypothesis.
