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The Role of Family Phenomena in Posttraumatic Stress in Youth
Author(s) -
McDonald Catherine C.,
Deatrick Janet A.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2010.00258.x
Subject(s) - cinahl , psycinfo , conceptualization , psychology , clinical psychology , empirical research , social support , medline , developmental psychology , psychiatry , psychotherapist , psychological intervention , philosophy , epistemology , artificial intelligence , political science , computer science , law
TOPIC: Youth face trauma that can cause posttraumatic stress (PTS). PURPOSE: (1) To identify the family phenomena used in youth PTS research; and (2) to critically examine the research findings regarding the relationship between family phenomena and youth PTS. SOURCES: Systematic literature review in PsycInfo, PILOTS, CINAHL, and MEDLINE. Twenty‐six empirical articles met inclusion criteria. CONCLUSION: Measurement of family phenomena included family functioning, support, environment, expressiveness, relationships, cohesion, communication, satisfaction, life events related to family, parental style of influence, and parental bonding. Few studies gave clear conceptualization of family or family phenomena. Empirical findings from the 26 studies indicate inconsistent empirical relationships between family phenomena and youth PTS, although a majority of the prospective studies support a relationship between family phenomena and youth PTS. Future directions for leadership by psychiatric nurses in this area of research and practice are recommended.