Post-traumatic stress disorder, trauma and parenting stress: an individual participant data meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Background: Parental post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are associated with heightened parenting stress, but it is unknown whether this relation depends on the timing (childhood or adulthood) and type of trauma (interpersonal or non-interpersonal). In survivors of childhood interpersonal trauma, PTSD and parenting stress may be more strongly intertwined.Objective: This study examined whether the relation between parental PTSD and parenting stress is moderated by childhood interpersonal trauma. Findings are supplemented with information on the process of performing an individual participant data meta-analysis (IPDMA) and lessons learned.Methods: Using one-stage IPDMA, data from published studies and unpublished datasets were synthesized and analysed using multilevel linear regre

SUBMITTER: Meijer L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12379697 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature