Experiencing domestic abuse can lead to several poor child outcomes. There are different ways in which children can be exposed to domestic abuse, one of them being via relational traumatic stress....Show moreExperiencing domestic abuse can lead to several poor child outcomes. There are different ways in which children can be exposed to domestic abuse, one of them being via relational traumatic stress. The current study explored whether traumatic and stressful life events experienced by mothers predict the internalizing and/or externalizing problem behavior of their young children. This was explored amongst a sample of twelve mother-child dyads with the children being between one and six years old. These mother-child dyads had been living in Dutch women's shelters due to having experienced domestic abuse by the (ex-)partner of the mother. The Life-Events checklist for DSM-V (LEC-5) was used to determine a cumulative score for the traumatic and stressful life events the mothers had experienced themselves, had witnessed, had heard of or which were a part of their job. The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) was used to determine the amount of problem behavior the children were showing. It was investigated whether traumatic and stressful life events experienced by mothers and sex of the child could be related to internalizing and externalizing problem behavior in children. This study also explored whether the sex of children was a moderator for the link between traumatic and stressful life events experienced by mothers and problem behavior of their children. Findings indicate that cumulation of traumatic and stressful life events experienced by mothers and sex of the child were not related to problem behavior in children. The relationship between traumatic and stressful life events experienced by mothers and problem behavior of children was not moderated by the sex of the children. It is possible that the young age of the children plays a role in why the hypotheses of this study couldn´t be confirmed. More research is needed to improve the knowledge about relational traumatic stress.Show less
In onderhavig onderzoek wordt de relatie tussen het ontwikkelingsniveau en probleemgedrag van laagfunctionerende kinderen met een autismespectrumstoornis onderzocht. De kinderen zijn tussen de 3;6...Show moreIn onderhavig onderzoek wordt de relatie tussen het ontwikkelingsniveau en probleemgedrag van laagfunctionerende kinderen met een autismespectrumstoornis onderzocht. De kinderen zijn tussen de 3;6 jaar en de 14;10 jaar oud. De onderzoeksgroep bestaat uit 43 jongens en 14 meisjes. Ouders hebben de Vragenlijst over Ontwikkeling en Gedrag (ouderversie) ingevuld en bij de kinderen is de Psycho-Educational Profile Revised afgenomen. Binnen het ontwikkelingsprofiel is imitatie gemiddeld het minst ontwikkeld en grove motoriek het meest. Wat betreft probleemgedrag komen alle probleemgedragingen vaak voor, communicatiestoornissen lijken het meest voorkomend te zijn. Het ontwikkelingsprofiel en de verschillende probleemgedragingen blijken disharmonisch te zijn. Een hogere ontwikkelingsleeftijd hangt samen met meer probleemgedrag. Leeftijd blijkt niet van invloed op deze relatie. Vervolgonderzoek kan herhalingsonderzoek zijn of comorbide stoornissen meenemen in onderzoek naar de relatie tussen ontwikkelingsniveau en probleemgedrag. Behandeling en begeleiding kan zich richten op communicatiestoornissen en dient rekening te houden met het disharmonische ontwikkelingsprofiel.Show less
