Children's Reasoning About Which Episode of a Repeated Event is Best Remembered

Danby, Meaghan C.; Brubacher, Sonja P.; Sharman, Stefanie J.; Powell, Martine B.; Roberts, Kim P.

doi:10.1002/acp.3306

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“…First, assessment of maternal ACEs was based on retrospective self-report. Recall of ACEs history may be susceptible to memory inaccuracies which may be especially compromised among participants who have experienced trauma [ 57 ]. We did not include other retrospective measures of child maltreatment or adversity in the current study in order to obtain more homogeneous estimates of the association between the cumulative nature of ACEs and maternal mental health.…”

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Adverse childhood experiences and maternal anxiety and depression: a meta-analysis

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Background It has been proposed that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can put women at risk for mental illness in the pregnancy and postpartum periods. While some studies have found strong support for this proposition, others have found weak or no support. This study is a meta-analysis of the association between ACEs and maternal mental health to resolve between-study discrepancies, and to examine potential moderators of associations. Methods Three electronic databases (i.e., MEDLINE, Embase, and PsycINFO) were searched up to November 2018 by a health sciences librarian. A hand search was conducted in January 2020 and relevant studies were added. Included studies reported on associations between ACEs and maternal depression and/or anxiety in the perinatal period (pregnancy to 1-year postpartum). Pregnancy and postpartum outcomes were examined separately for both depression and anxiety. Random-effect meta-analyses were conducted. Moderator analyses were conducted using meta-regression. Study quality was evaluated using a 15-point scale. Results The initial search yielded 4646 non-duplicate records and full text review occurred for 196 articles. A total of 15 studies (N = 7788) were included in the meta-analyses, of which 2 were also described narratively. Publication year ranged from 1998 to 2019. Mothers were approximately 28.93 years of age when they retrospectively reported on their ACEs. All studies had maternal self-report questionnaires for the mental health outcomes. Study quality ranged from 7 to 12. The pooled effect sizes between ACEs and prenatal (N = 12; r = .19; 95% CI= .13, .24) and postpartum (N = 7; r = .23; 95% CI = .06 to .39) depressive symptoms were significant. The pooled effect size between ACEs and prenatal anxiety was also significant (N = 5; r = .14; 95% CI= .07, .21). Moderator analyses indicated that timing of depressive and anxiety symptoms may be important for understanding associations. Conclusions ACEs confer risk to maternal mental health, albeit effect sizes are small to moderate in magnitude. Trauma-informed approaches, as well as increased mental health support during and after pregnancy, may help to offset the relative risk of ACEs on maternal mental health.

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“…Children 5 to 9 years old ( N = 401, 54% female) were recruited from primary schools across Melbourne, Australia and surrounding areas to take part in several larger studies on children’s repeated event memory (Danby, Brubacher, Sharman & Powell, 2015; Danby, Brubacher, Sharman, Powell & Roberts, 2016; Danby, Brubacher, Sharman & Powell, 2017; Danby, Sharman, Brubacher, Powell & Roberts, 2017 ). Children were randomly assigned to the what ( n = 198, M age = 7.07, SD = 1.19) or why ( n = 203, M age = 7.08, SD = 1.23) conditions.…”

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A Comparison of Responses to Substantive Transition Prompts in Interviews With Children

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This study examined children's responses to two alternate prompts used to transition to the substantive phase of an interview. Children ( N = 401) experienced four scripted events and were later interviewed. After rapport building, half of the children were asked, "Tell me what you're here to talk to me about today," whereas the other half were asked, "Tell me why you're here to talk to me today." Children's responses were coded as informative (e.g., nouns) or uninformative (e.g., "don't know"). The what prompt elicited more informative responses than the why prompt, and 7- to 9-year-olds were more informative than 5- to 6-year-olds regardless of the type of prompt they received. Given that the what prompt elicited more informative responses, the present study provides initial support for this phrasing when forensic interviewers transition to the substantive phase.

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“…Retrospective recall of participant trauma history could be susceptible to natural memory inaccuracies which may be especially compromised among participants who have experienced ACE (e.g. Danby, Brubacher, Sharman, Powell, & Roberts, 2017). Conduct of longitudinal designs could address this concern.…”

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Lifetime traumatic stressors and adverse childhood experiences uniquely predict concurrent PTSD, complex PTSD, and dissociative subtype of PTSD symptoms whereas recent adult non-traumatic stressors do not: results from an online survey study

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Zhu

Lanius

2019

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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This retrospective survey study compared the differential risk of lifetime traumatic stressors, so-called "non-traumatic stressors" experienced over the past year, referring to life events that do not meet the criteria for A1 traumatic events, and adverse childhood experiences (ACE) on severity of DSM-5 versus ICD-11 PTSD, Complex PTSD (CPTSD), and dissociative subtype of PTSD (D-PTSD) symptoms among 418 participants recruited online. In pairwise analyses, all stress types were associated with all outcomes. However, multiple regression and factor analyses indicated that whereas the number of different lifetime traumatic events participants reported experiencing, together with the number of ACE participants experienced, uniquely predicted DSM-5 PTSD, D-PTSD and ICD-11 PTSD and CPTSD symptoms, the number of non-traumatic stressors they experienced during the last year did not. Moreover, ACE uniquely predicted all outcomes even after accounting for lifetime traumatic stress. These results provide further support for the particularly high risk of lifetime traumatic stressors and ACE in predicting trauma and stressor-related symptoms. Future research directions are discussed.

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Children's Reasoning About Which Episode of a Repeated Event is Best Remembered

Cited by 22 publications

References 42 publications

Adverse childhood experiences and maternal anxiety and depression: a meta-analysis

Adverse childhood experiences and maternal anxiety and depression: a meta-analysis

A Comparison of Responses to Substantive Transition Prompts in Interviews With Children

Lifetime traumatic stressors and adverse childhood experiences uniquely predict concurrent PTSD, complex PTSD, and dissociative subtype of PTSD symptoms whereas recent adult non-traumatic stressors do not: results from an online survey study

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