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[Mental health of preschool foster care children: How do foster families influence the way children cope with trauma?]
- Source :
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Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie [Z Kinder Jugendpsychiatr Psychother] 2018 Jul; Vol. 46 (4), pp. 305-315. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Aug 15. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Mental health of preschool foster care children: How do foster families influence the way children cope with trauma? Abstract. Parents and other significant persons have an important role when preschool children develop or cope with psychological symptoms following traumatic experiences. The underlying mechanisms of the interaction between traumatic experiences and influences of the foster family are still unclear. This study investigates foster parents' stress levels and parenting styles as moderators or mediators in the context of trau- matic experiences. Foster parents of 286 children between three and seven years participated in an online or paper-and-pencil survey. The results suggest a connection between the traumatic experiences of foster children and the stress levels as well as the parenting styles of their foster parents. While verbosity and laxness as parenting styles moderated the impact of traumatic experiences on externalising symptoms, stress levels mediated the impact of traumatic experiences on children's internalising and externalising symptoms. The results underscore the necessity of standardized preparation of and support for foster parents in order to avoid deterioration of psychological symptoms following traumatic events.
- Subjects :
- Child, Preschool
Female
Germany
Humans
Internal-External Control
Male
Mental Disorders psychology
Parent-Child Relations
Parenting psychology
Risk Factors
Stress, Psychological complications
Stress, Psychological psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Adaptation, Psychological
Foster Home Care psychology
Life Change Events
Mental Disorders diagnosis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- German
- ISSN :
- 1422-4917
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28809581
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1024/1422-4917/a000539