婴儿时期的创伤后压力:累积创伤和护理背景的作用
Ann T Chu1, Melissa H Bond1, Belén Rogowski1
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Infant mental health journal
|April 25, 2025
概括
暴露于创伤的婴儿可能会出现创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 的症状. 照顾者压力和婴儿创伤暴露预测症状严重程度,强调早期评估的必要性.
科学领域:
- 儿科 儿科 儿科
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 创伤研究 创伤研究
背景情况:
- 婴儿比年长的孩子更频繁地经历创伤事件.
- 由于发育和方法方面的挑战,对婴儿创伤后应激反应的研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究创伤后暴露后 (3-18个月) 婴儿的创伤后压力症状.
- 为了确定婴儿创伤后应激症状的预测因素.
主要方法:
- 在美国对116个种族和民族不同婴儿进行的研究.
- 护理人员完成了UCLA PTSD反应指数DSM-5儿童年龄6岁及以下的婴儿症状.
- 照顾者还完成了DSM-5 (PDS-5) 的PTSD诊断尺度,以了解他们自己的症状.
主要成果:
- 82.8%的婴儿至少经历过一次创伤事件.
- 婴儿创伤暴露和护理人员创伤后压力症状显著预测了婴儿症状数量和严重程度.
- 在3个月的婴儿中观察到创伤后压力症状.
结论:
- 婴儿在遭受创伤后可能表现出创伤后应激症状.
- 发育背景和护理人员的功能是评估婴儿创伤后压力的关键因素.
- 对于经历创伤的婴儿来说,早期识别和干预非常重要.
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