ArticleJournal of affective disorders2019
Family functioning, trauma exposure and PTSD: A cross sectional study.
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- Parent-Child Communication after Parental Exposure to Potentially Traumatic Events: A Systematic Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Pooled it
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- The impact of family function on post-traumatic reactions of Chinese adolescents infected with COVID-19: a latent profile study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Psychological stresses among Chinese university students during the COVID-19 epidemic: The effect of early life adversity on emotional distress.Journal of affective disorders · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveOnly a minority of trauma-exposed individuals go on to develop post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Previous studies in high income countries suggest that maladaptive family functioning adversities (MFFA) in childhood may partially explain individual variation in vulnerability to PTSD following trauma. We test in a lower middle-income setting (Sri Lanka) whether: (1) MFFA is associated with trauma exposure; (2) MFFA moderates the association between exposure to trauma and later (a) PTSD (b) other psychiatric diagnoses; and (3) any association between MFFA and PTSD is explained by experiences of interpersonal violence, cumulative trauma exposure or comorbid psychopathology.
methodsWe conducted a population study of 3995 twins and 2019 singletons residing in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Participants completed the Composite International Diagnostic Interview, including nine traumatic exposures and a questionnaire on MFFA.
results23.4% of participants reported exposure to MFFA. We found that (1) MFFA was strongly associated with trauma exposure (2) MFFA moderates the association between trauma exposure and both (a) PTSD and (b) other DSM psychiatric diagnosis. (3) This was not explained by interpersonal violence, cumulative trauma exposure or other psychopathology.
conclusionsMFFA moderates the association between trauma and PTSD, and the association between trauma and non-PTSD psychopathology.
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