Department of Psychology, Kent State University, 342 Kent Hall, Kent, OH 44242, USA.
J Pediatr Psychol. 2012 Nov-Dec;37(10):1076-88. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jss091. Epub 2012 Sep 27.
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.
35 studies were included: 32 involving the association between parent and child PTSS and 9 involving the association between parent depression and child PTSS.
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.
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.
本文通过元分析考察了儿童创伤暴露后父母创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）/抑郁症状与儿童 PTSD 症状（PTSS）之间的关系，并考虑了多个调节因素来解释效应大小的异质性。
共纳入 35 项研究：32 项研究涉及父母和儿童 PTSS 之间的关联，9 项研究涉及父母抑郁与儿童 PTSS 之间的关联。
在现有的研究中，父母和儿童的 PTSS（r=0.31）以及父母抑郁和儿童 PTSS（r=0.32）都产生了显著的效应大小。父母的性别、评估类型（访谈与问卷）、父母和儿童评估类型的差异以及研究设计（横断面与纵向）调节了父母和儿童 PTSS 之间的关系。
目前的研究结果证实了父母创伤后反应与儿童 PTSS 之间的关联，并强调了在儿童 PTSS 的未来研究中纳入重要的调节因素。
