Avoidance Symptom Presentation of Preschoolers Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence in a Group Therapy Setting

Autor/inn/en	Galano, Maria M.; Miller, Laura E.; Graham-Bermann, Sandra A.
Titel	Avoidance Symptom Presentation of Preschoolers Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence in a Group Therapy Setting
Quelle	In: Child Care in Practice, 20 (2014) 4, S.399-414 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-5279
DOI	10.1080/13575279.2014.905455
Schlagwörter	Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Family Violence; Clinical Diagnosis; Young Children; Mothers; Intervention; Group Therapy; Coding; Emotional Response; Child Behavior; Social Psychology; Observation; Semi Structured Interviews; Statistical Analysis; Conflict Tactics Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Frühe Kindheit; Mother; Mutter; Codierung; Programmierung; Emotionales Verhalten; Sozialpsychologie; Beobachtung; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious problem for children exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV). Recent changes to diagnostic criteria for PTSD include a reduction in avoidance symptom criteria from three to one and the separation of emotional numbing from avoidance symptoms, thus creating a need to better understand how avoidance symptoms of PTSD present themselves in young children. This study evaluated 56 children aged four to six as they participated in an intervention for mothers and children exposed to IPV. Therapists documented behaviours indicative of avoidance symptoms during group sessions. Data were analysed and coded into symptom categories and thematically emergent domains. Results demonstrated that avoidance symptoms fell into three separate categories: physical avoidance, emotional avoidance, and changing topics. Additionally, the data support the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" (5th edition) change to remove emotional numbing from the avoidance symptom category. These results give insight into how to develop more targeted treatments for PTSD as well as improve the assessment and diagnosis of PTSD symptoms in preschoolers. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10