Maternal Interpersonal Trauma and Child Social‐Emotional Development: An Intergenerational Effect

Folger, Alonzo T.; Putnam, Karen; Putnam, Frank W.; Peugh, James; Eismann, Emily A.; Sa, Ting; Shapiro, Robert A.; Ginkel, Judith B. Van; Ammerman, Robert T.

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“…Contrary to the findings of other studies, 9,11,12,31 we did not show a mediated effect of parental ACEs on child development through maternal postpartum depression. Maternal depressive symptoms may affect offspring internalizing behaviors through unresponsive parenting (undermining attachment), revealing a cascade of risks subsequent to early maternal ACEs.…”

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“…11,12 Although the findings are mixed, these intergenerational associations may be partially mediated by maternal psychopathology, such as elevated depressive symptoms. 9,11,12 Maternal ACEs increase the risk for offspring early life adversity, 13 potentially increasing developmental vulnerabilities linked to insecure attachment and/or maladaptive neurobiological responses. 14 -19 Evidence also reveals that protective factors (eg, parental sensitivity) may interrupt these effects, 18 supporting a notion that parental early life resilience may extend to offspring.…”

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“…Maternal health risk behaviors—including substance use, intimate partner violence, and involvement in crime—often co-occur with mothers’ depressive symptoms, and each have been independently linked to maternal as well as child well-being (Folger et al 2017; Whitaker et al 2006). Little work has examined whether intergenerational continuity in depressive symptoms remains when accounting for these co-morbid health risk behaviors or whether these co-morbid health risk behaviors (or any factors) may exacerbate the harmful effect of a mother’s depressive symptoms on her child’s depressive symptoms (Goodman et al 2011).…”

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“…More specifically, maternal interpersonal trauma, which includes intimate partner violence, is related to child socio-emotional functioning, which affects the likelihood of depressive symptoms (Folger et al 2017). The relationship between maternal involvement in intimate partner violence and offspring depressive symptoms is also accounted for by a number of other factors related to poor family functioning including child perception of family cohesion (Owen et al 2009).…”

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Intergenerational Continuity in Depression: The Importance of Time-Varying Effects, Maternal Co-morbid Health Risk Behaviors and Child’s Gender

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Intergenerational continuity in depressive symptoms is well established between mother and child, but there are still important facets of this relationship that are underexplored. We examine intergenerational continuity in depressive symptoms between mother–child dyads as a flexible function of child age and account for the potential moderating role of maternal co-morbid health risk behaviors. Using prospective, self-report data collected yearly from 413 mother–child dyads (210 mother–son dyads and 203 mother–daughter dyads) between child ages 12–17, the results indicate that the effect of maternal depressive symptoms on daughters’ depressive symptoms steadily increases throughout adolescence whereas the effect of maternal depressive symptoms on sons’ depressive symptoms is relatively small, stable, and non-significant during mid-adolescence before increasing in effect in later adolescence. A positive interactive effect between maternal depressive symptoms and intimate partner violence is observed for sons and maternal depressive symptoms and substance use for daughters. A negative interactive effect of maternal depressive symptoms and substance use is observed among sons. Overall, this study identifies particular subgroups for whom intervention programming is most beneficial and suggests targeting health risk behaviors of mothers to lessen the impact of maternal depressive symptoms on offspring.

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“…Specifically, it is probable that mothers' intrapersonal trauma arising from experiencing workplace bullying is transmitted to their children, and it is wel known that maternal trauma is negatively associated with children's healthy development (Giovanelli, Reynolds, Mondi, & Ou, 2016;Najman et al, 2017;Putnam, Harris, & Putnam, 2013). More specifically, maternal exposure to intrapersonal trauma will cause psychological sequelae, such as depression (Linton & Power, 2013), which may impede her parenting ability, resulting in adverse developmental outcomes for children (Folger et al, 2017).…”

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Narratives of Working Mothers Experiencing Workplace Bullying: Trauma Transferred to Young Children

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2019

Family Relations

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Objective To examine how workplace bullying experienced by South Korean working mothers is connected to the displacement of the mothers' anger and anxiety onto their young children. Background Workplace bullying has become a nationally and internationally recognized occupational health and safety issue in recent years. Despite an increasing number of working mothers, there is no research on the relationship between workplace bullying and working mothers' perception and experience in relation to their children and parenting. Method Both purposive and snowball sampling were used to recruit study participants, who were 11 South Korean working mothers with children 6 years of age or younger. Data collected from in‐depth interviews were analyzed thematically. Results First, the working mothers' experiences of workplace bullying involved relational bullying and its costs, such as depression and psychological burnout. Second, the working mothers' views of their children and parenting were intensely negative; the mothers considered parenting to be “just more work.” Their children were at greater risk of being socially and emotionally deprived due to problematic parenting. Conclusion Workplace bullying adversely affects victim mothers' children via the spillover effect between work and home. Implications Working mothers who raise young children should be protected from workplace bullying. Training programs for employers and managers and context‐specific interventions are essential to ensure a healthy organizational culture.

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Maternal Interpersonal Trauma and Child Social‐Emotional Development: An Intergenerational Effect

Abstract: Maternal interpersonal trauma exposures can negatively impact child social-emotional development, acting in part through maternal psychosocial factors. Future research is needed to further elucidate the mechanisms of intergenerational risk.

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Parental Adverse Childhood Experiences and Offspring Development at 2 Years of Age

Parental Adverse Childhood Experiences and Offspring Development at 2 Years of Age

Intergenerational Continuity in Depression: The Importance of Time-Varying Effects, Maternal Co-morbid Health Risk Behaviors and Child’s Gender

Narratives of Working Mothers Experiencing Workplace Bullying: Trauma Transferred to Young Children

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