A longitudinal investigation of the role of parental responses in predicting children's post-traumatic distress.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While parental post-trauma support is considered theoretically important for child adjustment, empirical evidence concerning the specific aspects of parental responding that influence child post-traumatic distress, or the processes via which any such impacts occur, is extremely limited. We conducted a longitudinal examination of whether parental post-trauma appraisals, trauma-specific support style and general parenting style predicted child post-traumatic stress symptom severity (PTSS) following trauma; and whether such influences operated via the child's own appraisals and coping style.

Method

We recruited 132 parent-child pairs following children's experience of acute trauma. We examined whether parental responses assessed at 1-month post-trauma, predicted chil

SUBMITTER: Hiller RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6849512 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature