Breaking the cycle: The impact of intergenerational transmission of war trauma on the development of the young child

Breaking the cycle: The impact of intergenerational transmission of war trauma on the development of the young child - intergenerational transmission of war trauma

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON32274

Enrollment

Registered

2008-05-20

Start date

2008-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-13

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Conditions

posttraumatic stress disorder trauma

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

2 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria: In line with other research, asylum seekers and refugees with severe mental retardation, addictions or psychosis will be excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The main study parameter will be parental posttraumatic symptomatology according to DSM-IV-TR.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary study parameters are attachment, behavioural and developmental problems of the child as well as the parent-child interaction.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results