Experiences of Parental PTSD for Children Aged 9–17 in Military and Emergency First Responder Families.
This study is the first to examine the experiences of children aged 9–17 who have a military or emergency first responder (EFR) parent with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). These experiences of children are important to understand through a lens of intergenerational trauma theory, given the hi...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 32; no. 12; pp. 3816 - 3835 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=173926240&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 173926240 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10621024 JFM jtl: Journal of Child & Family Studies issn: 10621024 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2023 vid: 32 iid: 12 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 173926240 10.1007/s10826-023-02669-y ppf: 3816 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 825KB tig: atl: Experiences of Parental PTSD for Children Aged 9–17 in Military and Emergency First Responder Families. aug: au: May, Karen Van Hooff, Miranda Doherty, Matthew Carter, Drew affil: https://ror.org/00892tw58 School of Public Health, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia Military and Emergency Services Health Australia, The Hospital Research Foundation Group, Adelaide, SA, Australia https://ror.org/00892tw58 School of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia su: Australia Well-being Post-traumatic stress disorder Children of parents with disabilities Interviewing Help-seeking behavior Psychology of veterans Experience Parenting Attachment behavior Psychosocial factors Child welfare Family relations Parent-child relationships Historical trauma Emergency medical personnel Thematic analysis sug: subj: Well-being Post-traumatic stress disorder Children of parents with disabilities Interviewing Help-seeking behavior Psychology of veterans Experience Parenting Attachment behavior Psychosocial factors Child welfare Family relations Parent-child relationships Australia Administration of Veterans' Affairs Historical trauma Emergency medical personnel Thematic analysis keyword: Children Emergency first responders Intergenerational trauma Military PTSD Children Emergency first responders Intergenerational trauma Military PTSD ab: This study is the first to examine the experiences of children aged 9–17 who have a military or emergency first responder (EFR) parent with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). These experiences of children are important to understand through a lens of intergenerational trauma theory, given the high rates of PTSD in these service populations. Additionally, we need to know if they differ from the experiences of children of civilian parents with PTSD. To examine this, we conducted a total of 17 in-depth interviews in Australia with 5 service parents, 5 co-parents and 7 children aged 9–17 who have a parent who had formerly served in the military or an emergency service. Interviewees were not always from the same family. The families included single-parent, dual-parent, separated, and same-sex families. Gender and service type (military or EFR) were evenly distributed among interviewees. We used a critical humanist approach and undertook a reflexive thematic analysis of the interview data. The major themes were (1) parental emotional extremes, volatility, and unpredictability, (2) changes in home and family relations, (3) impacts on child wellbeing, and (4) PTSD awareness and help-seeking. We found evidence of specific impacts for children related to a combination of parental PTSD symptoms and service conditioning and culture. This study highlights the role of reduced parental capacity in the transmission of trauma from parent to child. It provides an evidence base to direct policy and research into targeted and culturally specific therapeutic interventions and support services for children and parents in service families living with PTSD. Highlights: Policy, research and practice need to incorporate service culture and access for all family members. Service families with PTSD need emotional regulation programmes addressing anger. Clinical assessment needs to improve for secondary, vicarious and moral trauma types. Insecure attachment styles related to parental PTSD need to be addressed in interventions. PTSD psychoeducation must be accessible for family members from diagnosis to post treatment. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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