TY - JOUR
T1 - The Role of Parental Posttraumatic Stress, Marital Adjustment, and Dyadic Self-Disclosure in Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma
T2 - A Family System Approach
AU - Bachem, Rahel
AU - Levin, Yafit
AU - Zhou, Xiao
AU - Zerach, Gadi
AU - Solomon, Zahava
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
PY - 2018/7
Y1 - 2018/7
N2 - Research indicates that posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) induced by war trauma may be transmitted to veterans’ wives and offspring (secondary traumatic stress; STS). However, the interplay between family members’ characteristics has not been accounted for in such processes. Taking a family systems perspective, we examine the contributions of fathers’ PTSS, mothers’ STS, marital adjustment, and self-disclosure of both parents to offspring's STS and test whether marital quality applies as a mechanism of parent–child transmission. Combat veterans and former prisoners of war (N = 123), their spouses, and adult offspring were investigated in a multiple-step mediation analysis. The results highlight the mother's crucial role in trauma transmission and suggest that strengthening the marital relationship may buffer the transmission of fathers’ PTSS to offspring.
AB - Research indicates that posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) induced by war trauma may be transmitted to veterans’ wives and offspring (secondary traumatic stress; STS). However, the interplay between family members’ characteristics has not been accounted for in such processes. Taking a family systems perspective, we examine the contributions of fathers’ PTSS, mothers’ STS, marital adjustment, and self-disclosure of both parents to offspring's STS and test whether marital quality applies as a mechanism of parent–child transmission. Combat veterans and former prisoners of war (N = 123), their spouses, and adult offspring were investigated in a multiple-step mediation analysis. The results highlight the mother's crucial role in trauma transmission and suggest that strengthening the marital relationship may buffer the transmission of fathers’ PTSS to offspring.
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U2 - 10.1111/jmft.12266
DO - 10.1111/jmft.12266
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AN - SCOPUS:85049811013
SN - 0194-472X
VL - 44
SP - 543
EP - 555
JO - Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
JF - Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
IS - 3
ER -