| Title: |
Trauma Exposure in Relation to the Content of Mother-Child Emotional Conversations and Quality of Interaction |
| Authors: |
Mathilde M. Overbeek; Nina Koren-Karie; Adi Erez Ben-Haim; J. Clasien de Schipper; Patricia D. Dreier Gligoor; Carlo Schuengel |
| Source: |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 16, Iss 5, p 805 (2019) |
| Publisher Information: |
MDPI AG |
| Publication Year: |
2019 |
| Collection: |
Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
| Subject Terms: |
emotion conversation; emotion dialogue; mother-child interaction; parent-child communication; trauma exposure; marital violence; sexual abuse; Medicine |
| Description: |
Parent-child conversations contribute to understanding and regulating children’s emotions. Similarities and differences in discussed topics, quality of interaction and coherence/elaboration in mother-child conversations about emotional experiences of the child were studied in dyads who had been exposed to interpersonal trauma (N = 213) and non-trauma-exposed dyads (N = 86). Results showed that in conversations about negative emotions, trauma-exposed children more often discussed trauma topics and focused less on relationship topics than non-trauma-exposed children. Trauma-exposed dyads found it more difficult to come up with a story. The most common topics chosen by dyads to discuss for each emotion were mostly similar between trauma-exposed dyads and non-trauma-exposed dyads. Dyads exposed to interpersonal traumatic events showed lower quality of interaction and less coherence/elaboration than dyads who had not experienced traumatic events. Discussion of traumatic topics was associated with lower quality of mother-child interaction and less coherent dialogues. In conclusion, the effect of the trauma is seen at several levels in mother-child interaction: topics, behavior and coherence. A focus on support in developing a secure relationship after trauma may be important for intervention. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/5/805; https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601; https://doaj.org/article/9846c19ae3644730987de9e92e8c2c10 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/ijerph16050805 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16050805; https://doaj.org/article/9846c19ae3644730987de9e92e8c2c10 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.6B3E52FB |
| Database: |
BASE |