Maternal posttraumatic stress predicts Mother-Child Symptom Flare-Ups over Time.

ABSTRACT: Although concurrent associations between parent and child posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) have been well-documented, few longitudinal studies have examined bidirectional influences by modeling the effects of both parent and child PTSS simultaneously over time. The current study examines patterns of PTSS in children and their mothers beginning in preschool and continuing through elementary school age (ages 4-9 years) in a large, heterogeneous sample (N = 331 mother-child dyads). Mothers reported on their own and their child's posttraumatic stress symptoms. A random intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM) was used to examine associations between symptoms across six time points. Results indicated that maternal and child symptoms were associated with each other at concurrent time poi

SUBMITTER: Greene CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9940819 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature