SynthesisTranscultural psychiatry2015
Disclosure and silencing: A systematic review of the literature on patterns of trauma communication in refugee families.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 151 citations in OpenAlex.
- Parent-Child Communication after Parental Exposure to Potentially Traumatic Events: A Systematic Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Pooled it
- Parent-Child Communication About Potentially Traumatic Events: A Systematic Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Pooled it
- Finding Keys: A Systematic Review of Barriers and Facilitators for Refugee Children's Disclosure of Their Life Stories.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2020Pooled it
- Post-resettlement context matters: a qualitative study of refugee parents' responses to child trauma in low-resource settings.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- "I Don't Have Answers, What Must I Say?": Maternal Communication in Forcibly Displaced Families Who Are Seeking International Protection in Ireland.Transcultural psychiatry · 2026Article
- The Psychometric Properties of the Intergenerational Trauma Socialization Inventory: Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Measure of Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma Among Lao American Families.Adversity and resilience science · 2026Article
- Psychological impact of armed conflict and forced displacement on children and adolescents.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2026Review
- Interpreter Child Syndrome Leading to Parentification and Anxiety in a Refugee Girl: A Case Report.Cureus · 2025Article
- Understanding and supporting parenting in parents seeking PTSD treatment: a qualitative study.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Perspective to Practice: Theoretical Frameworks Explaining Intergenerational Trauma, Violence, and Maltreatment and Implications for the Therapeutic Response.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- 'We are all children of war': a qualitative inquiry into parenting following adolescents' recent traumatic exposure in a multiple crisis setting in Beirut, Lebanon.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Article
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- Whether and when disclosing the trauma to one's children in a migratory context? A pilot mixed methods investigation.BMC psychology · 2022Article
- Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugee communities in San Diego, California: A participatory action research cross-sectional study.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Combatting intergenerational effects of psychotrauma with multifamily therapy.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Review
- Working With the Encounter: A Descriptive Account and Case Analysis of School-Based Collaborative Mental Health Care for Refugee Children in Leuven, Belgium.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Defining Adjustment to Address the Missing Link between Refugees and Their Resettlement Communities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Collective Traumas and the Development of Leader Values: A Currently Omitted, but Increasingly Urgent, Research Area.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Review
- Using a Constructivist-Oriented Modified Grounded Theory Approach in the Study of Intrafamily Trauma Communication Process in War-Affected Families: A Methodologic Example.ANS. Advances in nursing scienceArticle
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Abstract
This systematic review aimed to explore the effects of different degrees of parental disclosure of traumatic material from the past on the psychological well-being of children in refugee families. A majority of studies emphasize the importance of the timing of disclosure and the manner in which it takes place, rather than the effects of open communication or silencing strategies per se. A pattern emerged in which the level of parental disclosure that promotes psychological adjustment in refugee children depends on whether the children themselves have been directly exposed to traumatic experiences, and whether the children are prepubescent or older. The process of trauma disclosure is highly culturally embedded. Future research needs to address the culturally shaped variations in modulated disclosure and further explore how modulated disclosure can be facilitated in family therapy with traumatized refugee families.
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