A longitudinal study of cognitive predictors of (complex) post‐traumatic stress in young people in out‐of‐home care
Duration: 8 mins
Publication Date: 26 Jun 2020
Next Review Date: 26 Jun 2023
DOI: 10.13056/acamh.12390
Description
In this Video Abstract Dr. Rachel Hiller discusses her paper 'A longitudinal study of cognitive predictors of (complex) post‐traumatic stress in young people in out‐of‐home care'. Young people in out‐of‐home care are substantially more likely to meet criteria for PTSD than their peers, while their early maltreatment exposure may also place them at greater risk of developing the newly proposed complex PTSD. Yet, there remains limited empirical evidence for the mechanisms that might drive either PTSD or complex features in this group, and ongoing debate about the suitability of existing cognitive behavioural models and their related NICE‐recommended treatments. In a prospective study of young people in out‐of‐home care, we sought to identify demographic and cognitive processes that may contribute to the maintenance of both PTSD symptom and complex features.
Learning Objectives
1. Examine the role of (a) maladaptive appraisals, (b) trauma memory qualities and (c) cognitive coping strategies, in relation to both young person and carer report of children's PTSD symptoms and complex features.
2. Explore whether existing cognitive models of PTSD would be applicable to young people in care.
3. Investigate whether the same processes that drive PTSD symptoms, also drive complex features.
