A Review of Reviews Examining Neurological Processes Relevant to Impact of Parental PTSD on Military Children: Implications for Supporting Resilience |
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| Authors: | Alexa Smith-Osborne Ann Wilder Elizabeth Reep |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington , Arlington , Texas , USA alexaso@uta.edu;3. Department of Sociology University of North Texas , Denton , Texas , USA;4. Camp C.O.P.E. , Arlington , Texas , USA |
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| Abstract: | In this study, 10 recent meta-analytic and systematic review studies were synthesized on the neurological underpinnings of stress and trauma with implications for the impact of parental post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and resilience among military children. Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) group guidelines and utilizing a validated quality assessment tool, this systematic review of reviews incorporated results from more than 35,971 individuals with stress exposures, effects, or disorders and healthy controls. This synthesis found support for important gene, physiology, and environment correlations and interactions that predict increased risk for stressful life events and PTSD, but not direct transmission, among military children. Future research is needed to determine if these constitute indirect pathways of intergenerational transmission in military children. |
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| Keywords: | intergenerational transmission military neurobiological susceptibility secondary traumatization stress systematic review trauma veterans |
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