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- Title
On the complex and dimensional relationship of maternal posttraumatic stress disorder during early childhood and child outcomes at school-age.
- Authors
Moser, Dominik Andreas; Graf, Shannen; Glaus, Jennifer; Urben, Sébastien; Jouabli, Sondes; Perrizolo, Virginie Pointet; Suardi, Francesca; Robinson, JoAnn; Serpa, Sandra Rusconi; Plessen, Kerstin Jessica; Schechter, Daniel Scott
- Abstract
Background. Several studies have shown associations between maternal interpersonal violencerelated posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), child mental health problems, and impaired socioemotional development. However, the existing literature lacks evidence linking constellations of risk factors such as maternal interpersonal-violence-related PTSD, psychopathology, and interactive behavior with toddlers and outcome measures at school-age. Methods. This study involved a prospective, longitudinal investigation of 62 mothers and examined the relationship between maternal variables measured when children were in early childhood (mean age 27 months), and child outcomes when children were school-age (age mean = 83.2 months) while retaining a focus on the context of maternal PTSD. To identify and weigh associated dimensions comparatively, we employed sparse canonical correlation analysis (sCCA) aimed at associating dimensions of a dataset of 20 maternal variables in early childhood with that of more than 20 child outcome variables (i.e., child psychopathology, life-events, and socioemotional skills) at school-age. Results. Phase 1 variables with the highest weights were those of maternal psychopathology: PTSD, depressive and dissociative symptoms, and self-report of parental stress. The highest weighted Phase 2 child outcome measures were those of child psychopathology: PTSD, anxiety, and depressive symptoms as well as peer bullying and victimization. Conclusions. sCCA revealed that trauma-related concepts in mothers were significantly and reliably associated with child psychopathology and other indicators of risk for intergenerational transmission of violence and victimization. The results highlight the dimensional and multifaceted nature—both for mothers as well as children—of the intergenerational transmission of violence and associated psychopathology.
- Subjects
POST-traumatic stress disorder; MENTAL illness; CHILD psychopathology; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; MENTAL depression
- Publication
European Psychiatry, 2023, Vol 66, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0924-9338
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.8