Abstract |
Explored the distribution of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in preschool children in foster care and investigated how foster parents impact children's PTSD, further mental health symptoms, and therapeutic service utilization following trauma exposure. Finally, a meta-model integrating the impact of foster parents as well as the association between the children's outcomes PTSD and further mental health problems was developed and tested. Data were collected in Germany using a cross-sectional design. Foster parents completed online or paper-and-pencil questionnaires about children's PTSD, internalizing and externalizing symptoms, therapeutic service utilization, foster parents' stress levels, parenting in disciplinary situations, and family functioning. Frequency analyses, regression models, and structural equation modeling were applied. - Contents: (1) Vasileva, M. & Petermann, F. (2016). Attachment, development, and mental health in abused and neglected preschool children in foster care: A meta-analysis. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 1-16. doi:10.1177/1524838016669503 (2) Vasileva, M. & Petermann, F. (in press). Posttraumatic stress symptoms in preschool children in foster care: The influence of placement and foster family environment. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 30, 472-481. doi:10.1002/jts.22217 (3) Vasileva, M. & Petermann, F. (in press). Psychische Gesundheit von Pflegekindern im Vorschulalter: Wie stark hängt die Bewältigung traumatischer Erfahrungen von der Pflegefamilie ab? [Mental health of preschool foster care children: How do foster families influence the way children cope with trauma?]. Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, 1-9. doi:10.1024/1422-4917/a000539 (4) Vasileva, M. & Petermann, F. (2017). Mental health needs and therapeutic service utilization of young children in foster care in Germany. Children and Youth Services Review, 75, 69-76. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.02.022 |