Breaking the cycle: The impact of intergenerational transmission of war trauma on the development of the young child
- Conditions
- posttraumatic stress disordertrauma10002861
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON32274
- Lead Sponsor
- Stichting Centrum 45 (Oegstgeest)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 76
Inclusion Criteria
Included in the sample are asylum seekers and refugees who experienced trauma and are suffering from posttraumatic stress symptoms and have at least one child in the age of 18-40 months. The child must be born in the Netherlands and have not experienced traumatic experiences himself.
Included in the control group are asylum seekers and refugees who have not applied for help in the mental health care and have no or mild posttraumatic symptoms (below cut off score on the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire).
Exclusion Criteria
In line with other research, asylum seekers and refugees with severe mental retardation, addictions or psychosis will be excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The main study parameter will be parental posttraumatic symptomatology<br /><br>according to DSM-IV-TR. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary study parameters are attachment, behavioural and developmental<br /><br>problems of the child as well as the parent-child interaction. </p><br>