ArticleParenting, science and practice2020
Responsive Parenting Buffers the Impact of Maternal PTSD on Young Children.
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- Beyond Perceptions: Meta-Analyses on Observed Parent-Child Interaction Behaviors and Childhood and Adolescent Depression.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Pooled it
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- Improving perinatal mood and anxiety disorders through integrated infant mental health care in obstetrics: evidence from a program evaluation study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- A longitudinal path model examining the transactional nature of parenting and child externalizing behaviors in a large, sociodemographically diverse sample.Development and psychopathology · 2025Article
- Weaving Invisible Threads: The Impact of Caregiver Trauma on Parenting and Child Brain Development.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Maternal and youth mental health predictors of maternal responses to youth emotions.Journal of child and family studies · 2025Article
- Healing wounds with words: Narrative Exposure Therapy for chronic PTSD.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2024Article
- The Moderating and Mediating Role of Responsive Parenting Behavior in Explaining the Link between Intimate Partner Violence and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Young Children.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2024Article
- The Impact of Maternal Interpersonal Violent Trauma and Related Psychopathology on Child Outcomes and Intergenerational Transmission.Current psychiatry reports · 2024Review
- Leveraging the developmental neuroscience of caregiving to promote resilience among youth exposed to adversity.Development and psychopathology · 2023Article
- Emotional neglect and parents' adverse childhood events.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2023Article
- Maternal posttraumatic stress predicts Mother-Child Symptom Flare-Ups over Time.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2022Article
- Short-term impacts of COVID-19 on family caregivers: Emotion regulation, coping, and mental health.Journal of clinical psychology · 2022Article
- Combatting intergenerational effects of psychotrauma with multifamily therapy.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Review
- Maternal posttraumatic stress and FKBP5 Genotype interact to predict trauma-related symptoms in preschool-age offspring.Journal of affective disorders · 2021Article
- Parental Buffering of Stress in the Time of COVID-19: Family-Level Factors May Moderate the Association Between Pandemic-Related Stress and Youth Symptomatology.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2021Article
- Associations Between Maternal Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Events With Child Psychopathology: Results From a Prospective Longitudinal Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study investigates maternal responsive parenting behaviors as a theorized buffer to the detrimental impact of maternal PTSD symptoms on young children's depression and anxiety symptoms, disruptive behavior, and stress-related symptoms.
designA multi-ethnic sample of 242 trauma-exposed mothers and their preschool-aged children was assessed. Maternal responsive parenting behaviors were observed during standardized parent-child interactions. Maternal and child mental health symptoms were reported by mothers.
resultsMaternal PTSD symptoms were associated with their responsive parenting behaviors and predicted children's mental health symptoms. Responsive parenting was inversely associated with children's depression and stress-related symptoms. Moderation analyses revealed an interactive effect of maternal symptoms and responsive parenting on preschool children's disruptive behavior and stress-related symptoms.
conclusionsResponsive parenting behaviors can mitigate the ill effects of maternal PTSD symptoms. Nurturing relationships buffer the impact of maternal PTSD. Helping parents' to sensitively respond to their young children's distress can support positive outcomes in children.
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