Helping or controlling? A multi-method case study of a mother-daughter dyad and their interactions during trauma-focused therapy

Both were not visible in retrospective surveys. Integrating EMA findings with observational and qualitative data yielded additional insight into maternal intentions, contextual influences, and discrepancies between mother and daughter perspectives.</p> <p><b>Conclusions:</b> This case study illustrates the added value of multi-method, multi-informant approaches to capture clinically relevant parent-child dynamics during trauma-focused therapy.

Although these approaches may require greater effort from families and clinicians than single-method assessments, they offer richer and more nuanced insights into parent-child dynamics in daily life. Future research should focus on developing more efficient assessment strategies, for example by using brief EMA protocols or integrating EMA in clinical care.</p> <p></p><p>Assessing both parents and adolescents is crucial for a systemic understanding of adolescent psychotraumatology and for informing personalised clinical interventions.</p><p>Combining ecological momentary assessments with observations and interviews provides a detailed view of daily parent-child interactions and their relation to adolescent PTSD symptoms.</p><p>Ecological momentary assessments during trauma-focused therapy is valuable for capturing symptom fluctuations and examining reciprocal associations between parental overprotection and adolescent symptoms.</p><p></p> <p>Assessing both parents and adolescents is crucial for a systemic understanding of adolescent psychotraumatology and for informing personalised clinical interventions.</p> <p>Combining ecological momentary assessments with observations and interviews provides a detailed view of daily parent-child interactions and their relation to adolescent PTSD symptoms.</p> <p>Ecological momentary assessments during trauma-focused therapy is valuable for capturing symptom fluctuations and examining reciprocal associations between parental overprotection and adolescent symptoms.</p>