Protective factors that buffer against the intergenerational transmission of trauma from mothers to young children: A replication study of angels in the nursery
| Autor: | William W. Harris, Alicia F. Lieberman, Angela J. Narayan, Chandra Ghosh Ippen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Adolescent Mothers Poison control Comorbidity Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Injury prevention Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child Abuse Child Depression (differential diagnoses) Depressive Disorder Parenting Adult Survivors of Child Abuse 05 social sciences Infant Human factors and ergonomics Middle Aged Protective Factors Mother-Child Relations 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Child Preschool Mental Recall Female Childhood memory Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology Psychopathology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Development and Psychopathology. 31:173-187 |
| ISSN: | 1469-2198 0954-5794 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0954579418001530 |
| Popis: | This replication study examined protective effects of positive childhood memories with caregivers (“angels in the nursery”) against lifespan and intergenerational transmission of trauma. More positive, elaborated angel memories were hypothesized to buffer associations between mothers’ childhood maltreatment and their adulthood posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression symptoms, comorbid psychopathology, and children's trauma exposure. Participants were 185 mothers (M age = 30.67 years, SD = 6.44, range = 17–46 years, 54.6% Latina, 17.8% White, 10.3% African American, 17.3% other; 24% Spanish speaking) and children (M age = 42.51 months; SD = 15.95, range = 3–72 months; 51.4% male). Mothers completed the Angels in the Nursery Interview (Van Horn, Lieberman, & Harris, 2008), and assessments of childhood maltreatment, adulthood psychopathology, children's trauma exposure, and demographics. Angel memories significantly moderated associations between maltreatment and PTSD (but not depression) symptoms, comorbid psychopathology, and children's trauma exposure. For mothers with less positive, elaborated angel memories, higher levels of maltreatment predicted higher levels of psychopathology and children's trauma exposure. For mothers with more positive, elaborated memories, however, predictive associations were not significant, reflecting protective effects. Furthermore, protective effects against children's trauma exposure were significant only for female children, suggesting that angel memories may specifically buffer against intergenerational trauma from mothers to daughters. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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