Maternal Intergenerational Transmission of Childhood Multitype Maltreatment

Cort, Natalie A.; Toth, Sheree L.; Cerulli, Catherine; Rogosch, Fred A.

doi:10.1080/10926771.2011.537740

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“…The findings support the theory of the intergenerational transmission of family‐violence from the perspective of voluntarily help‐seeking female family‐violence perpetrators. It is worth noting, though, that the women who used physical and emotional violence against family members rarely experienced physical violence in their family of origin but did experience many kinds of emotional abuse and neglect.…”

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confidence: 80%

“…The intergenerational transmission of family‐violence is one possible explanation for family‐violence, and men's violence against women has been studied from this perspective . In this case, a person who witnesses or experiences family‐violence in childhood later uses violence against family members in adulthood . Even when accepting the existence of intergenerational transference of family‐violence, the relationship between childhood experiences of violence and violent behavior in adulthood is complex and requires more exploration .…”

Section: Intergenerational Transference Of Family‐violencementioning

confidence: 99%

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Childhood experiences of female family-violence perpetrators

Keiski

Flinck

Kaunonen

et al. 2017

Perspect Psychiatr Care

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 80%

Section: Intergenerational Transference Of Family‐violencementioning

confidence: 99%

Childhood experiences of female family-violence perpetrators

Keiski

Flinck

Kaunonen

et al. 2017

Perspect Psychiatr Care

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“…Mothers who were abused in childhood tend to be more negative in their own parenting (Appleyard, Berlin, Rosanbalm, & Dodge, 2011; Cohen, Hien, & Batchelder, 2008; Cort, Toth, Cerulli, & Rogosch, 2011), a finding with implications for child self-regulatory development. For adult women abused as children, the repeated coercion and control exercised by their own caregivers may have undermined their sense of efficacy in interpersonal contexts.…”

Section: Parenting Young Children In the Context Of Maternal Abuse Himentioning

confidence: 99%

Maternal abuse history and self-regulation difficulties in preadolescence

Delker

Noll

Kim

et al. 2014

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Although poor parenting is known to be closely linked to self-regulation difficulties in early childhood, comparatively little is understood about the role of other risk factors in the early caregiving environment (such as a parent’s own experiences of childhood abuse) in developmental pathways of self-regulation into adolescence. Using a longitudinal design, this study aimed to examine how a mother’s history of abuse in childhood relates to her offspring’s self-regulation difficulties in preadolescence. Maternal controlling parenting and exposure to intimate partner aggression in the child’s first 24–36 months were examined as important early social and environmental influences that may explain the proposed connection between maternal abuse history and preadolescent self-regulation. An ethnically diverse sample of mothers (N = 488) who were identified as at-risk for child maltreatment was recruited at the time of their children’s birth. Mothers and their children were assessed annually from the child’s birth through 36 months, and at age 9–11 years. Structural equation modeling and bootstrap tests of indirect effects were conducted to address the study aims. Findings indicated that maternal abuse history indirectly predicted their children’s self-regulation difficulties in preadolescence mainly through maternal controlling parenting in early childhood, but not through maternal exposure to aggression by an intimate partner. Maternal history of childhood abuse and maternal controlling parenting in her child’s early life may have long-term developmental implications for child self-regulation.

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“…Child maltreatment is a pervasive societal problem that often leads to harmful negative effects on children, not only during childhood, but also across the lifespan (e.g., Cicchetti & Toth, 2015). In considering the etiology of child maltreatment, much attention has been focused on reports linking parents' own problematic child-rearing histories with their subsequent, often abusive, parenting (Belsky, Jaffee, Sligo, Woodward, & Silva, 2005; Cort, Toth, Cerulli, & Rogosch, 2011; DiLillo & Damashek, 2003; Friesen, Woodward, Horwood, & Fergusson, 2013; Neppl, Conger, Scaramella, & Ontai, 2009; Widom, Czaja, & DuMont, 2015). While there is some empirical evidence showing lower maternal efficacy in mothers with histories of abuse (Fitzgerald et al, 2005), most research done in this area has focused solely on individuals with histories of child sexual abuse (CSA) (DiLillo & Damashek, 2003).…”

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Self-Criticism as a Mechanism Linking Childhood Maltreatment and Maternal Efficacy Beliefs in Low-Income Mothers With and Without Depression

et al. 2015

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The primary aim of the current study was to examine self-criticism as a potential mechanism mediating the relation between mothers' own childhood maltreatment history and changes in subsequent maternal efficacy beliefs in a diverse sample of low-income mothers with and without Major depressive disorder (MDD). Longitudinal data were drawn from a larger randomized clinical trial evaluating the effectiveness of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for depression among low-income mothers and their 12-month old infant (see Toth, Rogosch, Oshri, Gravener-Davis, Sturm, & Morgan-Lopez; 2013). Results indicated that higher levels of maltreatment in childhood led mothers to hold more self-critical judgments in adulthood. Additionally, mothers who had experienced more extensive childhood maltreatment histories perceived themselves as less efficacious in their role as mother. Structural equation modeling indicated that self-criticism mediated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and mothers' decreased perceived competency in her maternal role from when her child was an infant to the more demanding toddler years. Finally, this relationship held over and above the influence of mothers' depressive diagnostic status. Directions for future research and the clinical implications of these findings are discussed.

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Maternal Intergenerational Transmission of Childhood Multitype Maltreatment

Cited by 52 publications

References 67 publications

Childhood experiences of female family-violence perpetrators

Childhood experiences of female family-violence perpetrators

Maternal abuse history and self-regulation difficulties in preadolescence

Self-Criticism as a Mechanism Linking Childhood Maltreatment and Maternal Efficacy Beliefs in Low-Income Mothers With and Without Depression

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