Trial reportChild abuse & neglect2019
Parents' PTSD symptoms and child abuse potential during the perinatal period: Direct associations and mediation via relationship conflict.
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- Promoting parenting in home visiting: A CACE analysis of Family Foundations.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2022Trial
- PTSD and CPTSD amongst parents subject to child protection court proceedings: observed rates and associated demographic and clinical covariates.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Observational
- Associations among PTSD symptoms, fear of emotion, and couple communication difficulties: A between-person dyadic analysis.Behaviour research and therapy · 2025Article
- Fathers' mental Ill-health and child maltreatment: A systematic review of the literature.Children and youth services review · 2024Article
- Examining Adolescent Family Experiences as Risks for Young Adulthood Intimate Partner Violence in Two Longitudinal Samples.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are associated with parental aggression towards children, but little is known about the relation between parents' PTSD symptoms and their risk for perpetrating child physical abuse during the early parenting years, when the potential for prevention of abuse may be highest.
objectiveTo examine direct associations between mothers' and fathers' PTSD symptoms and child abuse potential, as well as indirect effects through couple relationship adjustment (i.e., conflict and love) in a high-risk sample of parents during the perinatal period, most of whom were first-time parents. PARTICIPANTS AND
settingFrom March 2013 to August 2016, data were collected from 150 expecting or new parental dyads in which the mother was participating in a home visiting program.
methodsData were analyzed using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model.
resultsFor mothers and fathers, there were direct associations between PTSD symptom severity and child abuse potential (βs = .51, ps <.001), and this association for fathers was stronger at higher levels of mothers' PTSD symptoms (β = .15, p = .03). In addition, parents' own and their partners' PTSD symptoms were each indirectly associated with parents' own child abuse potential through parents' report of interparental conflict (standardized indirect effects = .052-.069, ps = .004) but not love.
conclusionsAddressing parents' PTSD symptoms and relationship conflict during the perinatal period using both systemic and developmental perspectives may uniquely serve to decrease the risk of child physical abuse and its myriad adverse consequences.
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