Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Parents Following Their Child’s Single-Event Trauma: A Meta-Analysis of Prevalence Rates and Risk Factor Correlates

Wilcoxon, Lucy; Meiser‐Stedman, Richard; Burgess, Aaron

doi:10.1007/s10567-021-00367-z

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“…Although it was not the focus of the present study, the finding that child PTSS during the acute posttrauma period did not significantly predict later parent PTSS in the APIM is noteworthy and consistent with past research (Landolt et al., 2012; Wilcoxon et al., 2021). This finding suggests that parents may have a stronger impact on their children's psychological well‐being in the aftermath of a PTE than the reverse.…”

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Associations between parent posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and later child PTSS: Results from an international data archive

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Ostrowski‐Delahanty

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Journal of Traumatic Stress

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The extant literature indicates that parent and child posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) are associated. However, the magnitude of this association at different time points and in the context of covariates has been difficult to quantify due to the methodological limitations of past studies, including small sample sizes. Using data from the Prospective studies of Acute Child Trauma and Recovery Data Archive, we harmonized participant‐level parent and child data from 16 studies (N = 1,775 parent–child dyads) that included prospective assessment of PTSS during both the acute and later posttrauma periods (i.e., 1–30 days and 3–12 months after exposure to a potentially traumatic event, respectively). Parent and child PTSS demonstrated small‐to‐moderate cross‐sectional, ρs = .22–.27, 95% CI [.16, .32], and longitudinal associations, ρ = .30, CI [.23, .36]. Analyses using actor–partner interdependence models revealed that parent PTSS during the acute trauma period predicted later child PTSS. Regression analyses demonstrated that parent gender did not moderate the association between parent and child PTSS. The findings suggest that parent PTSS during the acute and later posttrauma periods may be one of a constellation of risk factors and indicators for child PTSS.

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confidence: 89%

Associations between parent posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and later child PTSS: Results from an international data archive

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Ostrowski‐Delahanty

et al. 2022

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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“…The three higher scoring items were item 1 "Any reminder brought back feelings about it" (M = 1.32; SD = 0.87), item 4 "I felt irritable and angry" (M = 1.28; SD = 0.93) and item 6 "I thought about it when I didn't mean to" (M = 1.26; SD = 0.98). The current trauma-related stress and symptomology found in Mexican parents are higher than results showed in previous studies, where the percentages range from 6% to 30% (Wilcoxon et al, 2021;Mowery, 2011).…”

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“…The present results mirrored previous findings where Mexican parents reported alarming levels of stress. For instance, 50 % of Mexican parents scoring "probably diagnosis for PTSD" is higher than the results found in precious studies typically ranges from 6% to 30% (Wilcoxon et al 2021;Mowery, 2011).…”

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Impact of Covid-19 on Mexican Parents’ Stress and Their Children’s Behavioral Challenges

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The present study examined the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mexican families, focusing on parental stress and how it has impacted their children's behavioral challenges during social isolation and confinement. Since March 2020, the government has enforced various forms of social isolation and confinement worldwide, both privately and publicly. Activities outside the household were abruptly restricted, which contributed to increased stress, anxiety, and other behavioral disorders. (Morelli et al., 2020). Declining mental health is a topic explored prolifically among mental health professionals and researchers in the last two years (Morelli et al., 2020;Stark et al., 2020;Kang et al., 2020;Brown et al., 2020; Donelli & Farina, 2020.). The present study examined the level of trauma-related stress among the two factors. The participants of this study (N=58)were Mexican parents living in Mexico during the pandemic with a child between the ages of four and thirteen. Among the sample, 56.7% were mothers, 17.24% were fathers, 3.45% preferred not to answer, and 22.41% did not answer, Data were collected from September 2020 to March 2021. The Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) and Parent Report of Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms(PROPS) were the scales used in this study. We found that Mexican parental stress and their children's behavioral challenges were elevated to the clinical level and that parental stress predicted their children's behavioral challenges during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The current findings support the current literature demonstrating the role parents' psychological distress plays on their children's well-being. It warrants future studies and intervention programs strategies for parents and children after traumatic events.

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“…The rate of reported parental PTSD (14.6%) appears more similar to prior estimates from the general child trauma literature. For example, a meta‐analysis found the rate of parental PTSD among children with single‐event trauma to be between 14.4% and 17.0% (Wilcoxon et al, 2021), although these statistics are not specific to children receiving inpatient psychiatric services.…”

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confidence: 99%

Intergenerational trauma: Parental PTSD and parent‐reported child abuse subtypes differentially relate to admission characteristics in the autism inpatient collection

2022

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Autistic youth experience high rates of maltreatment. Little research has considered how distinct abuse dimensions differentially relate to meaningful outcomes, nor taken an intergenerational approach to consider how caregiver trauma and child maltreatment are related. This study sought to identify how parent-reported child abuse subtypes and parent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) relate to each other and to admission characteristics upon inpatient service entry. Autistic youth (N = 527; 79% White, 21.3% girls, mean age = 12.94 years) participated in the autism inpatient collection. Parents reported on child abuse subtypes (physical, sexual, emotional) and their own PTSD, child behavior and emergency services, and parenting stress. Youth of parents with PTSD were nearly three times more likely to have parent-reported physical and emotional abuse. Autistic girls were more likely to experience parent-reported sexual abuse and a higher number of subtypes. Lower income related to higher rates of parent-reported child emotional abuse and parent PTSD. Emotional abuse associated with child behavior whereas both child physical and emotional abuse related to emergency services. Reported parent PTSD associated with child behavior and parental distress. When considered jointly, parent PTSD and number of parent-reported child abuse subtypes differentially related to child behavior and interacted to predict psychiatric hospitalizations. Intergenerational continuity of trauma is important to consider among autistic youth, and both parent-reported child abuse and parent PTSD relate to admission characteristics. Critical limitations include reliance on binary parent reports of child abuse and parent PTSD and the low representation of youth of minoritized identities. Implications for trauma-informed care are discussed.

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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Parents Following Their Child’s Single-Event Trauma: A Meta-Analysis of Prevalence Rates and Risk Factor Correlates

Cited by 17 publications

References 44 publications

Associations between parent posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and later child PTSS: Results from an international data archive

Associations between parent posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and later child PTSS: Results from an international data archive

Impact of Covid-19 on Mexican Parents’ Stress and Their Children’s Behavioral Challenges

Intergenerational trauma: Parental PTSD and parent‐reported child abuse subtypes differentially relate to admission characteristics in the autism inpatient collection

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