Cumulative childhood interpersonal trauma and parenting stress: The role of self-capacities disturbances among couples welcoming a newborn

Rassart, Camille Andrée; Paradis, Alison; Bergeron, Sophie; Godbout, Natacha

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105638

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“…Our review highlights the importance of considering the ProQOL and its related concepts of carers, as the stress and trauma they experience when caring may affect the quality of care they provide. There are numerous stressors that caregivers face, such as their childhood trauma, attachment issues in their childhood, and their emotional instability and these affect their ability to provide care ( Bryant et al, 2017 ; Rassart et al, 2022 ). Interestingly, caregivers who had experienced childhood trauma reported lower levels of child dissociation symptoms than their counterparts ( Cohodes et al, 2016 ), indicating that lived experience may assist carers in their work and coping with associated stress.…”

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Professional Quality of Life of Foster and Kinship Carers in Australia, United Kingdom, and the United States: A Scoping Review

McLaren,

Patmisari,

Huang

2023

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Professional quality of life (ProQOL) refers to workers’ subjective feelings associated with work involved in helping others who have experienced trauma. It consists of positive and negative aspects, that is, subscales of compassion satisfaction, and burnout and secondary traumatic stress. Foster and kinship caring inherently involves risks associated with exposure to the trauma responses of children in their care. This exposure can lead to poor ProQOL, carer attrition, and placement instability. While limited studies specifically explore ProQOL of carers, many studies have examined factors and interventions related to ProQOL. However, there is a lack of synthesis of these studies. To fill such a research gap, we undertook a scoping review of 70 empirical studies from Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, published from 2012 to 2022 reporting on ProQOL, and its related factors and concepts. We applied a multilevel ecosocial construct to examine complex interrelationships between private and governance settings to better understand factors related to ProQOL of carers and interventions aimed to improve it in these dynamic systems. In our review, some studies showed positive outcomes for carers, such as reduced stress or burnout associated with training. However, there was insufficient attention to factors associated with ProQOL at relational and sociopolitical levels. It is crucial to improve carers’ ProQOL or well-being to ensure their retention and placement stability. Long-term systemic improvements require interventions across different levels of the system.

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Professional Quality of Life of Foster and Kinship Carers in Australia, United Kingdom, and the United States: A Scoping Review

McLaren,

Patmisari,

Huang

2023

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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“…Accordingly, one chief limitation of STEP is that it does not address couple functioning. However, the intervention taps into a number of dimensions that were previously shown to be associated with the quality of the relationship with the partner, including reflective capacities (Borelli et al, 2021;Jessee et al, 2018), emotion regulation (Rassart et al, 2022;Sousa-Gomes et al, 2023), history of childhood trauma (Berthelot et al, 2014;Brassard et al, 2022), and COVID-related distress (Carrese-Chacra et al, 2023;Randall et al, 2022). The question thus arises as to whether a brief intervention, drawing from the principles of mentalization-based interventions offered to pregnant women in the absence of their partners, could promote the quality of couple relationships.…”

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Spillover effects on the relationship with the partner of a mentalization‐based intervention for pregnant women

Berthelot,

Larouche,

Garon‐Bissonnette

et al. 2024

Infant Mental Health Journal

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The birth of a child has been associated with a decline in couple satisfaction, which has implications for the child's social‐emotional development. This study investigated the potential spillover effect on pregnant women's perceptions of their relationships with their partners of the Supporting the Transition to and Engagement in Parenthood (STEP) program, a brief trauma‐informed mentalization‐based prenatal group intervention. Participants (94% White) were recruited in prenatal clinics and through online advertisements in Quebec, Canada. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from participants assigned to the STEP program (n = 42) and those receiving treatment‐as‐usual (TAU; n = 125). Women participating in STEP reported significant improvements in their relationships with their partners compared to those assigned to TAU. More precisely, they reported higher couple satisfaction, enhanced communication, and increased interest in their partners’ emotional experience. The qualitative analysis further substantiated these results, with participants reporting having involved their partners in their pregnancy, shared their insights about themselves with their partners and gained fresh perspectives on their relationships. Participants in STEP also expressed sharing program materials with their partners and considered that such interventions should be extended to expecting fathers. This study underscores the potential of mentalization‐based interventions to indirectly contribute to couple relationships, which may have positive implications for parenting and the infant.

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“…The presence of ACEs is associated with a higher risk of perinatal mental health problems (Alvarez-Segura et al, 2014 ), and these issues may persist into motherhood periods when not addressed. Moreover, ACEs can influence individuals’ sensitivity to stressful situations, impair emotional regulation and adversely affect first-time mothers (Trinidad, 2021 ; Rassart et al, 2022 ). First-time mothers may experience mental problems associated with ACEs, impairing their perceptions of their competence and readiness for motherhood.…”

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Adverse childhood experiences, emotional distress and dissatisfaction with motherhood among first-time mothers: Mediations and child differences

Akintunde,

Chen,

Isangha

et al. 2024

Camb. prisms Glob. ment. health

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Despite the challenges associated with motherhood, studies have not consistently identified factors contributing to first-time mothers' dissatisfaction with motherhood in resource-limited regions. To fill this research gap, this study investigates how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) result in first-time mothers' dissatisfaction with motherhood through emotional distress in Nigeria. Results from the partial least square structural equation model suggests that ACEs are associated with dissatisfaction with motherhood (β = 0.092; p < 0.01) and emotional distress (β = 0.367; p < 0.001). There is also a significant association between emotional distress and dissatisfaction with motherhood (β = 0.728; p < 0.001). Indirect path from first-time mothers' ACEs to dissatisfaction with motherhood through emotional distress shows significance (β = 0.267; 95% CI (0.213, 0.323); p < 0.001). In addition, the indirect path from first-time mothers' ACEs to dissatisfaction with motherhood through child emotional closeness showed significant dampening effects (β = 0.044; 95% CI (0.025, 0.066); p < 0.001). No serial impact of emotional distress and child emotional closeness was found in the study. The findings based on child gender indicated that only among first-time mothers of female children are ACEs predictors of dissatisfaction with motherhood. Trauma-informed interventions should be introduced in primary care settings to screen for ACEs and emotional dysfunctions among first-time mothers. Impact statementTransitioning to motherhood can be stressful for first-time mothers, causing psychological problems such as emotional distress and dissatisfaction. Aside from being an abusive, neglectful and other traumatic experiences disrupting life outcomes, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are often a significant catalyst for emotional distress and dissatisfaction with motherhood. Providing support for first-time mothers in resource-limited populations requires understanding the intersection between ACEs and dissatisfaction with motherhood. This study provided empirically supported evidence that ACEs can cause emotional distress in first time mothers in low socioeconomic settings such as Nigeria. The effects of ACEs on dissatisfaction with motherhood are not independent but function through emotional distress. Moreover, early episodes of ACEs may affect mother-child emotional attachments (i.e., mothers' emotional closeness to their children) and, in turn, contribute to first-time mothers' dissatisfaction with motherhood. Therefore, traumainformed interventions are essential for first-time mothers to navigate motherhood in Nigeria. Furthermore, consideration should be given to the gender of children, as mothers may feel dissatisfaction with motherhood differently depending on their children's gender as a result of their ACEs. familiar, known world to an unfamiliar, unknown world, where a mother develops a new identity, which includes navigating pregnancy, assuming a new role, bonding with the new child and learning how to be a mothe...

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Cumulative childhood interpersonal trauma and parenting stress: The role of self-capacities disturbances among couples welcoming a newborn

Cited by 10 publications

References 52 publications

Professional Quality of Life of Foster and Kinship Carers in Australia, United Kingdom, and the United States: A Scoping Review

Professional Quality of Life of Foster and Kinship Carers in Australia, United Kingdom, and the United States: A Scoping Review

Spillover effects on the relationship with the partner of a mentalization‐based intervention for pregnant women

Adverse childhood experiences, emotional distress and dissatisfaction with motherhood among first-time mothers: Mediations and child differences

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