Parental post-traumatic stress, overprotective parenting, and emotional and behavioural problems for children with critical congenital heart disease.
Linda G McWhorterJennifer ChristoffersonTrent NeelyAimee K HildenbrandMelissa A AlderferAmy RandallAnne E KazakErica SoodPublished in: Cardiology in the young (2021)
Overprotective parenting mediates the relationship between parental post-traumatic stress symptoms and child emotional and behavioural problems in families of children with CHD. Both parental post-traumatic stress symptoms and overprotective parenting may be modifiable risk factors for poor child outcomes. This study highlights the need for interventions to prevent or reduce parental post-traumatic stress symptoms and to promote effective parenting following a diagnosis of CHD.