@article{ref1,
title="The enduring importance of parenting: caregiving quality and fear-potentiated startle in emerging adults with a child maltreatment history",
journal="Child maltreatment",
year="2021",
author="Sullivan, Alexandra D. W. and Brier, Zoe M. F. and Legrand, Alison C. and van Stolk-Cooke, Katherine and Jovanovic, Tanja and Norrholm, Seth D. and Garavan, Hugh and Forehand, Rex and Price, Matthew",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The transition to adulthood is a period of increased risk for emergent psychopathology; emerging adults with a childhood maltreatment history are at risk for poor outcomes. <br><br>METHOD: Using a multi-measure, transdisciplinary, cross-sectional design, this study tested whether participant-reported positive parenting, a potential resilience-promoting factor, moderated the association between clinician-rated PTSD symptom severity and a transdiagnostic maladjustment biomarker, fear-potentiated startle (FPS), in a sample of 66 emerging adults (M(years) = 18.83, SD = 0.89) with a maltreatment history. We hypothesized that characteristics of effective parenting would moderate the relation between PTSD symptoms and FPS. <br><br>RESULTS: Results indicated that elevated PTSD, as measured by the CAPS, was associated with a more severe startle reaction. The magnitude of the increase in startle reactivity was moderated by parenting such that those with more positive parenting (Accepting [relative to rejecting]: b = -0.42, p <.001; Psychologically-controlling [relative to autonomy-promoting]: b = 2.96, p =.004) had significantly less reactivity across the task at higher levels of PTSD symptoms. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Emerging adults with childhood maltreatment histories, high levels of PTSD symptoms, and who perceive present-day high-quality caregiver support may cope better with novel stressors relative to youth lacking that support, potentially translating to better psychological outcomes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-5595",
doi="10.1177/10775595211060050",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10775595211060050"
}