Witnessing Parental Arrest As a Predictor of Child Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms During and After Parental Incarceration.
Developmental psychology
adverse childhood experiences
clinical psychology
criminal justice reform
incarcerated parents
policing
post-traumatic stress disorder
psychopathology
Journal
Journal of child & adolescent trauma
ISSN: 1936-1521
Titre abrégé: J Child Adolesc Trauma
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101306630
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2023
Jun 2023
Historique:
accepted:
01
09
2022
medline:
27
9
2022
pubmed:
27
9
2022
entrez:
26
9
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
One in fourteen children in the United States experiences the incarceration of a parent with whom they have lived. Although prior research has established that witnessing the arrest of a parent is a common occurrence for children of criminal justice-involved parents, child outcomes following such an event are understudied. Little is known about the long-term impacts of witnessing an arrest on children and the extent to which they may vary by child age. Using longitudinal data from the Parent Child Study of mothers and fathers incarcerated in state prison, we examine the witnessing of parental arrest as an acute traumatic event and identify the extent to which this type of trauma predicts externalizing and internalizing symptoms for children during their parents' incarceration and following release. Witnessing a parent's arrest predicted greater internalizing behavior concerns while parents were incarcerated, with a greater magnitude of effect for children under eight years of age. Six months post-release of the parent, children younger than age eight who witnessed the arrest showed significantly higher internalizing and externalizing behaviors. No effect was found for children ages eight years or older. Implications for future policies to reduce the likelihood of children witnessing parental arrests, as well as the potential benefit of screening for trauma when working with children with incarcerated parents, are discussed.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36157296
doi: 10.1007/s40653-022-00490-1
pii: 490
pmc: PMC9483368
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
329-338Subventions
Organisme : NIMH NIH HHS
ID : R01 MH065553
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022, Springer Nature or its licensor holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interestOn behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.
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