The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine
the interaction between parents’ own trauma and their assessment of their
child’s functioning and its relationship to the parent’s belief that their
child would benefit from mental health care services. The parents’ trauma
experience was measured using the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
questionnaire and Trauma History Questionnaire (THQ), and the child’s
functioning was measured using the Columbia Impairment Scale (CIS). It was
hypothesized that the higher number of traumas a parent experienced was
associated with a weaker relationship between a parent’s assessment of their
child’s functional impairment and the likelihood a parent recognizes the
benefit of mental health care services for their child. One hundred and
eighty-four people participated in this study. Data were analyzed using
multiple binary logistic regression, and no significant relationship was found
between a parent’s assessment of their child’s functional impairment and that
parent’s belief that their child would benefit from mental healthcare services.
The parent’s childhood THQ score and age were found to have significant
positive relationships with the parent’s belief that their child would benefit
from mental healthcare services. The variable found to have the most
significant positive relationship with the parent’s belief that their child
would benefit from mental healthcare services was an educational or healthcare
professional telling the parent that the child would benefit from mental health
care services. Clinical implications, limitations, and future directions for
research were addressed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:purdue.edu/oai:figshare.com:article/11320334 |
| Date | 10 December 2019 |
| Creators | Rachael E. Martin (8083058) |
| Source Sets | Purdue University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis |
| Rights | CC BY 4.0 |
| Relation | https://figshare.com/articles/Impact_of_Parent_Trauma_on_Parents_Beliefs_Regarding_the_Benefit_of_Child_Mental_Health_Care_Services/11320334 |
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