ArticlePsychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy2022
Intergenerational effects of maternal PTSD: Roles of parenting stress and child sex.
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- Through a Developmental Lens: Emerging Insights to Understand and Treat Pediatric PTSD.The American journal of psychiatry · 2023Review
- Emotional neglect and parents' adverse childhood events.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2023Article
- Understanding links between maternal perinatal posttraumatic stress symptoms and infant socioemotional and physical health.Infant mental health journal · 2022Article
- Links between mothers' ACEs, their psychopathology and parenting, and their children's behavior problems-A mediation model.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Families' Mental Health: The Role Played by Parenting Stress, Parents' Past Trauma, and Resilience.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- A legacy of fear: Physiological evidence for intergenerational effects of trauma exposure on fear and safety signal learning among African Americans.Behavioural brain research · 2021Article
- Associations Between Maternal Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Events With Child Psychopathology: Results From a Prospective Longitudinal Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Homeless Migrant Mothers of the Paris Region Shelters.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The Little Professor and the Virus: Scaffolding Children's Meaning Making During the COVID-19 Emergency.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Child-Parent Relationship Therapy for Earthquake-Affected Preschoolers: A 1-Year Controlled Study.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyArticle
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objectivesParental posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) increases children's risk for emotional and behavioral problems. We examined parenting stress and parenting behavior quality as mediators of the relation between maternal PTSD and problematic child behaviors in a sample at high risk for trauma exposure. We also examined whether child sex moderated this association.
methodParticipants were 141 African American mother-child dyads (children aged 8-12). Mothers reported PTSD severity, parenting stress, and child behavior (externalizing, internalizing, and emotional self-control). Parenting behavior quality (accounting for factors including parental warmth and engagement) was assessed from an observational parent-child interaction task.
resultsParenting stress, but not observed parenting behavior quality, mediated the relation between maternal PTSD severity and child behaviors. Child sex moderated this association, such that the effect was stronger for girls.
conclusionsMaternal PTSD may be associated with negative child behavior outcomes, and this relation appears to be mediated by increased parenting stress. Stress-reducing interventions for parents with PTSD could improve child outcomes, especially for girls. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
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