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Area of Science:

  • Trauma and children's psychological well-being
  • Parent-child communication regarding traumatic experiences

Background:

  • Parental exposure to traumatic events can impact family dynamics.
  • Understanding children's awareness of parental trauma is crucial for support.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess children's knowledge of their parents' exposure to traumatic events.
  • To identify factors influencing children's accurate awareness of parental trauma.

Main Methods:

  • Children (9-16 years) and parents reported on parental exposure to life-threatening events.
  • Accurate knowledge was defined by agreement between child and parent reports.
  • Trauma exposures included the 9/11 attack and other life-threatening events.

Main Results:

  • Children demonstrated limited awareness of their parents' exposure to traumatic events.
  • Accurate knowledge of fathers' trauma was higher with older children and fathers' direct 9/11 exposure or first responder status.
  • Children of mothers with depression had less accurate knowledge of maternal trauma exposure.

Conclusions:

  • Children generally lack awareness regarding parental trauma exposure, especially maternal.
  • Further research is needed to explore the impact of this knowledge gap on children's development.