2024
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms following exposure to acute psychological trauma in children aged 8–16 years in South Africa: protocol for the Sinethemba longitudinal study
Sharp T, Chideya Y, Giuliani A, Hunt X, Tomlinson M, Seedat S, Creswell C, Fearon P, Hamilton-Giachritsis C, Hiller R, Meiser-Stedman R, Du Toit S, Stewart J, Halligan S. Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms following exposure to acute psychological trauma in children aged 8–16 years in South Africa: protocol for the Sinethemba longitudinal study. BMJ Open 2024, 14: e085129. PMID: 38991675, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health outcomesPost-traumatic stress disorderChildren aged 8Caregiver supportHealth outcomesAssociation of psychosocial factorsAdverse mental health outcomesAged 8Traumatic eventsChildren’s post-traumatic stress disorderDepartment of HealthMiddle-income countriesTrauma-related mental healthPsychological risk factorsHigh-income countriesStress disorder symptomsFollow-up assessmentPost-traumatic stress disorder symptomsCape TownMotor vehicle accidentsHealthcare clinicsPsychosocial factorsMental healthPsychological recoveryEthical approval
2019
A Longitudinal Examination of Heart-Rate and Heart Rate Variability as Risk Markers for Child Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in an Acute Injury Sample
Haag K, Hiller R, Peyk P, Michael T, Meiser-Stedman R, Fearon P, Ehlers A, Halligan S. A Longitudinal Examination of Heart-Rate and Heart Rate Variability as Risk Markers for Child Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in an Acute Injury Sample. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2019, 47: 1811-1820. PMID: 31073881, PMCID: PMC6805807, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-019-00553-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-traumatic stress symptomsPosttraumatic stress disorderStress symptomsChildren's post-traumatic stress symptomsAdolescent posttraumatic stress disorderChildren's posttraumatic stress symptomsHigher post-traumatic stress symptomsPosttraumatic stress symptomsLong-term distressConcurrent markersTraumatic eventsTrauma narrativesStress disorderParent-child pairsTraumatic experiencesLongitudinal examinationInjury samplePredictive validityAdult literatureHR variabilityPost traumaChildrenHR indexHeart rate variabilityHospital emergency department
2018
The Parent Trauma Response Questionnaire (PTRQ): development and preliminary validation
Williamson V, Hiller R, Meiser-Stedman R, Creswell C, Dalgleish T, Fearon P, Goodall B, McKinnon A, Smith P, Wright I, Halligan S. The Parent Trauma Response Questionnaire (PTRQ): development and preliminary validation. European Journal Of Psychotraumatology 2018, 9: 1478583. PMID: 29938010, PMCID: PMC6008584, DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1478583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChildren's copingChild traumaParental overprotectionChildren's post-traumatic stress symptomsPost-trauma mental healthPost-traumatic stress symptomsSelf-report measuresSelf-report assessmentsGood test-retest reliabilityPreliminary validationReliable self-report assessmentsMaladaptive appraisalsCognitive avoidancePsychological adjustmentPrincipal axis factoringBehavioral avoidanceTraumatic eventsTest-retest reliabilityStress symptomsParental appraisalParental supportParental responsesPost-trauma periodChild vulnerabilityChildren's experiences