The extant literature indicates that parent and child posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) are associated. However, the magnitude of this association at different time points and in the context of covariates has been difficult to quantify due to the methodological limitations of past studies, including small sample sizes. Using data from the Prospective studies of Acute Child Trauma and Recovery Data Archive, we harmonized participant-level parent and child data from 16 studies (N = 1,775 parent–child dyads) that included prospective assessment of PTSS during both the acute and later posttrauma periods (i.e., 1–30 days and 3–12 months after exposure to a potentially traumatic event, respectively). Parent and child PTSS demonstrated small-to-moderate cross-sectional, ρs = .22–.27, 95% CI [.16, .32], and longitudinal associations, ρ = .30, CI [.23, .36]. Analyses using actor–partner interdependence models revealed that parent PTSS during the acute trauma period predicted later child PTSS. Regression analyses demonstrated that parent gender did not moderate the association between parent and child PTSS. The findings suggest that parent PTSS during the acute and later posttrauma periods may be one of a constellation of risk factors and indicators for child PTSS.

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父母创伤后应激症状 (PTSS) 与后来儿童 PTSS 之间的关联：来自国际数据档案的结果

现存的文献表明，父母和孩子的创伤后应激症状 (PTSS) 是相关联的。然而，由于过去研究的方法学限制（包括样本量小），这种关联在不同时间点和协变量背景下的强度难以量化。使用来自急性儿童创伤和恢复数据档案的前瞻性研究的数据，我们协调了来自 16 项研究的参与者级别的父母和儿童数据（N= 1,775 个亲子关系），其中包括在急性和后期创伤后时期（即分别暴露于潜在创伤事件后 1-30 天和 3-12 个月）对 PTSS 的前瞻性评估。父母和孩子的 PTSS 表现出小到中等的横截面，ρs = .22–.27, 95% CI [.16, .32] 和纵向关联，ρ = .30, CI [.23, .36] . 使用演员-伴侣相互依存模型进行的分析表明，急性创伤期间父母的 PTSS 预示着以后的儿童 PTSS。回归分析表明，父母性别并未调节父母与儿童 PTSS 之间的关联。研究结果表明，父母在急性期和创伤后后期的 PTSS 可能是儿童 PTSS 的一系列危险因素和指标之一。