Meta-analysis reveals strong links between parenting stress and PTSD in trauma survivors, indicating timing and type matter.
Background: Parental post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are associated with heightened parenting stress, but it is unknown whether this relation depends on the timing (childhood or adulthood) and type of trauma (interpersonal or non-interpersonal). In survivors of childhood interpersonal trauma, PTSD and parenting stress may be more strongly intertwined.
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