ArticleJournal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2018
A longitudinal investigation of the role of parental responses in predicting children's post-traumatic distress.
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- A systematic literature review of the relationship between parenting responses and child post-traumatic stress symptoms.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Pooled it
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- Leveraging the developmental neuroscience of caregiving to promote resilience among youth exposed to adversity.Development and psychopathology · 2023Article
- Children's Resilience to Ongoing Border Attacks: The Role of Father, Mother, and Child Resources.Child psychiatry and human development · 2023Article
- Child posttraumatic stress symptoms in an acute injury sample: Patterns of associations among child report, parent report, and child heart rate parameters.Journal of traumatic stress · 2023Article
- A Longitudinal Investigation of the Relationship Between Trauma-Related Cognitive Processes and Internalising and Externalising Psychopathology in Young People in Out-of-Home Care.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2023Article
- The journey back to normality: Support systems and posttrauma needs following exposure to single-incident trauma among children and adolescents.Journal of traumatic stress · 2023Article
- Parental psychosocial factors predicting adolescents' psychological adjustment during the surging and remission periods of COVID-19 in China: A longitudinal study.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundWhile parental post-trauma support is considered theoretically important for child adjustment, empirical evidence concerning the specific aspects of parental responding that influence child post-traumatic distress, or the processes via which any such impacts occur, is extremely limited. We conducted a longitudinal examination of whether parental post-trauma appraisals, trauma-specific support style and general parenting style predicted child post-traumatic stress symptom severity (PTSS) following trauma; and whether such influences operated via the child's own appraisals and coping style.
methodWe recruited 132 parent-child pairs following children's experience of acute trauma. We examined whether parental responses assessed at 1-month post-trauma, predicted child PTSS at 6-month follow-up. Parental trauma-specific appraisals and responses, and general parenting style, were assessed via both self-report and direct observations. Child-report questionnaires were used to assess PTSS and potential mediators.
resultsInitial parent negative appraisals and encouragement of avoidant coping were associated with higher child-reported PTSS at 6-month follow-up. Predictive effects were maintained even when controlling for initial child symptom levels. Observational assessments broadly supported conclusions from self-report. There was evidence that parental influences may operate, in part, by influencing the child's own appraisals and coping responses. In contrast, there was no evidence for an influence of more "adaptive" support or general parenting style on child PTSS.
conclusionsFindings provide important insight into how elements of social support may influence child post-trauma outcomes.
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