@article{ref1,
title="Trauma exposure in relation to the content of mother-child emotional conversations and quality of interaction",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2019",
author="Overbeek, Mathilde M. and Koren-Karie, Nina and Ben-Haim, Adi Erez and de Schipper, J. Clasien and Dreier Gligoor, Patricia D. and Schuengel, Carlo",
volume="16",
number="5",
pages="e16050805-e16050805",
abstract="Parent-child conversations contribute to understanding and regulating children's emotions. Similarities and differences in discussed topics, quality of interaction and coherence/elaboration in mother-child conversations about emotional experiences of the child were studied in dyads who had been exposed to interpersonal trauma (N = 213) and non-trauma-exposed dyads (N = 86). <br><br>RESULTS showed that in conversations about negative emotions, trauma-exposed children more often discussed trauma topics and focused less on relationship topics than non-trauma-exposed children. Trauma-exposed dyads found it more difficult to come up with a story. The most common topics chosen by dyads to discuss for each emotion were mostly similar between trauma-exposed dyads and non-trauma-exposed dyads. Dyads exposed to interpersonal traumatic events showed lower quality of interaction and less coherence/elaboration than dyads who had not experienced traumatic events. <br><br>DISCUSSION of traumatic topics was associated with lower quality of mother-child interaction and less coherent dialogues. In conclusion, the effect of the trauma is seen at several levels in mother-child interaction: topics, behavior and coherence. A focus on support in developing a secure relationship after trauma may be important for intervention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph16050805",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16050805"
}