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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the European Psychiatric Association. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons  Attribution – Non-Commercial – Share Alike License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.

Abstract

Background

Several studies have shown associations between maternal interpersonal violence-related 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.

Details

Title
On the complex and dimensional relationship of maternal posttraumatic stress disorder during early childhood and child outcomes at school-age
Author
Moser, Dominik Andreas 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Graf, Shannen 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Glaus, Jennifer 2 ; Urben, Sébastien 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Jouabli, Sondes 3 ; Virginie Pointet Perrizolo 4 ; Suardi, Francesca 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Robinson, JoAnn 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Sandra Rusconi Serpa 5 ; Plessen, Kerstin Jessica 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Schechter, Daniel Scott 8   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland; Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland 
 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland 
 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland; Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland 
 Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland 
 Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland 
 Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA 
 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland; Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland 
 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland; Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA 
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISSN
09249338
e-ISSN
17783585
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2778153507
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the European Psychiatric Association. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons  Attribution – Non-Commercial – Share Alike License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.