@article{ref1,
title="Trauma-related symptoms in neglected preschoolers and affective quality of mother-child communication",
journal="Child maltreatment",
year="2010",
author="Milot, Tristan and St-Laurent, Danielle and Ethier, Louise S. and Provost, Marc A.",
volume="15",
number="4",
pages="293-304",
abstract="This study (a) assessed whether child neglect is associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dissociative symptoms in the preschool period and (b) examined the role of quality of mother-child affective communication in the development of trauma-related symptoms among neglected children. Participants were 33 neglected and 72 non-neglected preschoolers (mean age = 60 months). Neglected children were recruited from the Child Protection Agencies. Neglected and non-neglected children victims of other form of abuse were excluded from the study. Trauma symptoms were evaluated through mother and preschool teacher reports. Quality of mother-child affective communication was assessed in a lab visit during an unstructured task. According to teachers, neglected children displayed more PTSD and dissociative symptoms than non-neglected children. Quality of mother-child communication was lower in neglected dyads. Mother-child affective communication predicted teacher-reported child trauma symptomatology, over and above child neglect. Discussion focuses on the traumatic nature of child neglect and the underlying parent-child relational processes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-5595",
doi="10.1177/1077559510379153",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559510379153"
}