Associations of warzone veteran and intimate partner PTSD symptoms with child depression, anxiety, hyperactivity, and conduct problems
- MacDonald, H. Z., Franz, M. R., Kaiser, A. P., Lee, L. O., Lawrence, A. E., Fairbank, J. A., & Vasterling, J. J. (2023). Associations of warzone veteran and intimate partner PTSD symptoms with child depression, anxiety, hyperactivity, and conduct problems. Military Behavioral Health, 11(4), 236-243. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2023.2246894
- This study examined the relationship between parental posttraumatic stress (PTS), children’s stressful life experiences, and children’s behavioral health outcomes among 133 military families. Army Service members and Veterans (SM/Vs) who had been deployed to a warzone, along with their intimate partners (i.e., civilian parents), completed separate evaluations to assess their own PTS. Civilian parents reported their children’s stressful life events, depressive and anxiety symptoms, hyperactivity, and conduct problems. Overall, more severe civilian parent PTS, but not SM/V PTS, was related to more severe child depressive symptoms.
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