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Adam Morris1, Crystal Gabert-Quillen, Douglas Delahanty
1Department of Psychology, Kent State University, 342 Kent Hall, Kent, OH 44242, USA.
Objective:
The present article presents a meta-analysis of studies examining the association between parent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)/depression symptoms and child PTSD symptoms (PTSS) after a child's exposure to a traumatic event while considering multiple moderating factors to explain heterogeneity of effect sizes.
Methods:
35 studies were included: 32 involving the association between parent and child PTSS and 9 involving the association between parent depression and child PTSS.
Results:
Across existing studies, both parent and child PTSS (r = 0.31) and parent depression and child PTSS (r = 0.32) yielded significant effect sizes. Parent gender, assessment type (interview vs. questionnaire), differences in assessment type for parents and children, and study design (cross-sectional vs. longitudinal) moderated the relationship between parent and child PTSS.
Conclusions:
The current findings confirm the associations between parental posttraumatic responses and child PTSS and highlight important moderating factors to include in future studies of child PTSS.
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