Pediatric and Adult Psychiatry, Center for Survivors of Torture, San Jose, CA.
Fam Process. 2014 Jun;53(2):239-51. doi: 10.1111/famp.12071. Epub 2014 Mar 17.
Since many former child soldiers are aging and having children of their own, this study aimed to understand how the effects of trauma are passed to the next generation. In this qualitative study, semistructured interviews, focus groups, and observations were conducted with 25 former child soldiers and 15 matched civilian parents. Analysis used a grounded-theory approach. Trauma may be transmitted from former child soldiers to their offspring via (a) the effect on indero (how to raise a child); (b) severe parental emotional distress; and (c) community effects. Incorporating themes of indero values on how to raise children, the effects of parental posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms on offspring, and the stigma associated with the families of former child soldiers may provide key areas of intervention in mental healing.
由于许多前儿童兵正在老去并生育自己的孩子，本研究旨在了解创伤是如何传递给下一代的。在这项定性研究中，我们对 25 名前儿童兵和 15 名匹配的平民父母进行了半结构化访谈、焦点小组和观察。分析采用扎根理论方法。前儿童兵可能通过以下方式将创伤传递给后代：(a)对育儿方式的影响；(b)严重的父母情绪困扰；和(c)社区影响。纳入育儿价值观的主题，即父母创伤后应激和抑郁症状对后代的影响，以及与前儿童兵家庭相关的耻辱感，可能为心理治疗的干预提供关键领域。
