[ANSWER]NRS83002 Mental Health Assignment 3: Intergenerational Trauma Transmission: Mechanisms, Effects, and Interventions

[ANSWER PREVIEW]Research involving survivors of the Rwandan genocide has suggested that mothers talk about Intergenerational Trauma Transmission.

Research involving survivors of the Rwandan genocide has suggested that mothers talk about Intergenerational Trauma Transmission to their children in ways that either normalise silence about trauma or inspire optimism that such a traumatic event will not occur again in the future (DeAngelis, 2019). The normalisation of silence about trauma within the family unit is especially a common way of expressing trauma, with first generation survivors of trauma often unable to communicate traumatic experiences to their children or discouraging talk about those experiences (O’Neill et al., 2018).

In addition, the extremely difficult circumstances created by traumatic events, such as poverty and displacement, may cause parents to instil a sense of fear or survival in their children (DeAngelis, 2019). For example, survivors of traumatic events may discourage their children from asking for assistance from others or disclosing their troubles to others. This socialisation in the family setting significantly influences how children of survivors of traumatic events express their emotions, think and behave as they move from one stage of life to another Intergenerational Trauma Transmission.

As explained by O’Neill et al. (2018), children of survivors of traumatic events internalise problematic socialisation to the extent that they also eventually socialise their children the same way they were socialised. Parent-child interactions facilitate intergenerational trauma transmission not only through socialisation processes, but also through the conveyance of problematic parenting practices from one generation to another.

Exposure to traumatic events in the early stages of life may expose individuals to various psychosocial, cognitive and behavioural complications, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and mood disorders, hypervigilance, reduced self-esteem, poor interpersonal functioning, sleep difficulties, substance abuse, as well as a sense of fear (Meulewaeter, Pauw & Vanderplasschen, 2019; Yehuda & Lehrner, 2018). Weak self-regulation, learning and attention difficulties, and personality disorders are also possible outcomes in individuals exposed to traumatic events…[Buy Full Answer for Just USD 9: 3006 WORDS]

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