September 10, 2025Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy

Childhood maltreatment and parenting: Indirect associations via posttraumatic stress symptoms.

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RWRachel A. Wamser‐NanneyUniversity of Missouri–St. Louis JFJessilyn M. FroelichUniversity of Missouri–St. Louis JSJulia C. SagerUniversity of Missouri–St. Louis

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Implication

Observational analysis shows connections between posttraumatic stress symptoms and parenting factors in individuals, highlighting parenting challenges that stem from childhood maltreatment.

Key Points

Maltreatment survivors showed no direct link to various parenting variables, which suggests unexpected results in this area.
PTSS was positively associated with poorer limit setting and higher social desirability in the parenting context, impacting self-report measures.
Younger age and lower income were linked to greater perceived parental competency, indicating demographic variations in parenting challenges.
Indirect effects of PTSS between maltreatment and parenting factors highlight distinct challenges faced by trauma-exposed individuals.

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Wamser‐Nanney et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c2409bb210217d6479acfb https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0002012

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Implication

Observational analysis shows connections between posttraumatic stress symptoms and parenting factors in individuals, highlighting parenting challenges that stem from childhood maltreatment.