Maternal Childhood Maltreatment History and Child Mental Health: Mechanisms in Intergenerational Effects
| Autor: | Michelle M. Englund, Byron Egeland, Michelle Bosquet Enlow |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male Child abuse Adolescent Psychological intervention Mothers Poison control Context (language use) Developmental psychology Cohort Studies Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Social support 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child Abuse Longitudinal Studies Prospective Studies Early childhood Child Poverty 05 social sciences Infant Newborn Infant Social Support Mental health Mother-Child Relations 030227 psychiatry Clinical Psychology Mental Health Child protection Neurodevelopmental Disorders Child Preschool Intergenerational Relations Female Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. 47:S47-S62 |
| ISSN: | 1537-4424 1537-4416 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15374416.2016.1144189 |
| Popis: | The objectives of this study were to examine whether a maternal history of maltreatment in childhood has a detrimental impact on young children's mental health and to test theoretically and empirically informed pathways by which maternal history may influence child mental health. Mother-child dyads (N = 187) were evaluated between birth and 64 months of age via home and laboratory observations, medical and child protection record reviews, and maternal interviews to assess maternal history of childhood maltreatment and microsystem and exosystem measures of the caregiving context, including child maltreatment, maternal caregiving quality, stress exposures, and social support. When the children were 7 years of age, mothers and teachers reported on child emotional and behavioral problems. Analyses examined whether the caregiving context variables linked maternal maltreatment history with child emotional and behavioral problems, controlling for child sex (54% male), race/ethnicity (63% White), and family sociodemographic risk at birth. Maltreated mothers experienced greater stress and diminished social support, and their children were more likely to be maltreated across early childhood. By age 7, children of maltreated mothers were at increased risk for clinically significant emotional and behavioral problems. A path analysis model showed mediation of the effects of maternal childhood maltreatment history on child symptoms, with specific effects significant for child maltreatment. Interventions that reduce child maltreatment risk and stress exposures and increase family social support may prevent deleterious effects of maternal childhood maltreatment history on child mental health. |
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