Parents’ experiences of childhood abuse and neglect are differentially associated with behavioral and autonomic responses to their offspring

Buisman, Renate S. M.; Bakermans‐Kranenburg, Marian J.; Pittner, Katharina; Block, Laura; Berg, Lisa; IJzendoorn, M.H. van; Tollenaar, Marieke S.; Elzinga, Bernet M.; Lindenberg, Jolanda; Alink, Lenneke R. A.

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“…The current study found no effect of neglect on cortisol or cortisone or BMI. More and more research is showing differential effects of abuse and neglect (113). This suggests that treatment should be tailored to the specific type of maltreatment individuals have experienced, and we that should not expect that one size fits all.…”

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Not the Root of the Problem—Hair Cortisol and Cortisone Do Not Mediate the Effect of Child Maltreatment on Body Mass Index

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Background: Experiencing maltreatment during childhood exerts substantial stress on the child and increases the risk for overweight and obesity later in life. The current study tests whether hair cortisol-a measure of chronic stress-and its metabolite cortisone mediate the relation between abuse and neglect on the one hand, and body mass index (BMI) on the other. Method: The sample consisted of 249 participants aged 8 to 87 years (M = 36.13, SD = 19.33). We collected data on child abuse and neglect using questionnaires, measured cortisol and cortisone concentrations in hair, and BMI. In a structural model, the effects of abuse and neglect on hair cortisol, hair cortisone, and BMI were tested, as well as the covariance between hair cortisol and BMI, and hair cortisone and BMI. Results: Within the sample, 23% were overweight but not obese and 14% were obese. Higher levels of experienced abuse were related to higher cortisone concentrations in hair (b = 0.24, p < .001) and higher BMI (b = 0.17, p =.04). Neglect was not related to hair cortisol, hair cortisone, or BMI. Hair cortisol and cortisone did not mediate the association between maltreatment, and BMI. Sensitivity analyses demonstrate the same pattern of results in a subsample of adult participants currently not living with their parents. However, in younger participants who were still living with their parents, the associations between abuse and cortisone (b = 0.14, p =.35) and abuse and BMI (b = 0.02, p =.92) were no longer significant. Conclusion: These findings confirm that experiencing abuse is related to higher BMI but suggest that hair cortisol and cortisone are not the mechanism underlying the association between child maltreatment and BMI. This is the first study to show abuse may be

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“…To investigate interaction patterns between mothers and adolescents, we used a mother–adolescent conflict interaction task (family interaction task; Allen et al , 2003). This task was previously found to be effective in measuring mother–adolescent relationship behaviors (Eisenberg et al , 2008; Buisman et al , in press). First, mothers and adolescents selected topics that regularly cause conflict from a list.…”

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“…Most discussed topics were bedroom cleaning, bedtime, cleaning up clothes and homework. All interactions were videotaped and coded using the Supportive Behavior Task Coding Manual Version 1.1 (Buisman et al , in press).…”

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“…Mother–adolescent interactions were coded using a coding system adapted from Buisman et al (in press), who also validated the coding system. For the purpose of the current study, Buisman (here second author) trained the third author and a research assistant to reliably code the mother–adolescent interactions using this system.…”

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“…To test these questions, participants ( N = 143; 11–21 years) evaluated their own and their mother’s traits in an fMRI paradigm, and mothers evaluated adolescents’ traits via an online questionnaire. Additionally, we assessed observational measures for warmth, negativity and emotional support in real-life mother–adolescent discussions about conflictual topics (Buisman et al , in press). Neural indicators of the mother–adolescent relationship were studied by examining similarity and differentiation in adolescents’ neural activation for evaluating self vs mother traits.…”

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Neural responses for evaluating self and mother traits in adolescence depend on mother–adolescent relationships

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Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

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An important task in adolescence is to achieve autonomy while preserving a positive relationship with parents. Previous fMRI studies showed largely overlapping activation in medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) for evaluating self and close-other traits but separable activation for self and non-close other. Possibly, more similar mPFC activation reflects closeness or warmth in relationships. We investigated neural indicators of the mother–adolescent relationship in adolescents between 11 and 21 years (N = 143). Mother–adolescent relationship was measured using (i) mothers’ and adolescents’ trait evaluations about each other, (ii) observations of warmth, negativity and emotional support in mother–adolescent conversation and (iii) similarity in adolescents’ neural activation for evaluating self vs mother traits. Results showed relatively more similar mPFC activation in adolescents who evaluated their mothers’ traits more positively, suggesting that this is possibly a neural indicator of mother–adolescent relationship quality. Furthermore, mid-adolescence was characterized by more negative mother–adolescent interaction compared to early and late adolescence. This effect co-occurred with mid-adolescent peaks in dorsal striatum, dorsal anterior cingulate cortex and superior temporal sulcus activation in evaluating traits of self vs mother. These results suggest more negative relationships and stronger self-focus in mid-adolescence.

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White matter integrity moderates the relation between experienced childhood maltreatment and fathers’ behavioral response to infant crying

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Developmental Psychobiology

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The ability to provide appropriate responses to infant distress is vital to paternal care, but may be affected by fathers’ experiences of childhood maltreatment. Detrimental effects of childhood maltreatment have been found in the adult brain's white matter fibers, accompanied with impaired emotional and cognitive functioning. In the current study (N = 121), we examined new and expectant fathers’ childhood maltreatment experiences (i.e. emotional and physical abuse and neglect), current behavioral responses (i.e. handgrip force) to infant cry sounds, and white matter integrity using diffusion tensor imaging. First, more exposure to childhood maltreatment was associated with more use of excessive handgrip force in response to infant crying by fathers. Second, the association between experienced childhood maltreatment and white matter integrity was not significant in whole‐brain analyses. Lastly, we found that the association between maltreatment exposure and excessive handgrip force during infant crying was absent in fathers with high tract integrity in the bilateral uncinate fasciculus. These findings possibly point to insufficient behavioral inhibition or emotional dysregulation in fathers who experienced childhood maltreatment, but buffering for this effect in those with larger integrity in brain fibers connecting the amygdala and prefrontal cortex.

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Parents’ experiences of childhood abuse and neglect are differentially associated with behavioral and autonomic responses to their offspring

Cited by 17 publications

References 94 publications

Not the Root of the Problem—Hair Cortisol and Cortisone Do Not Mediate the Effect of Child Maltreatment on Body Mass Index

Not the Root of the Problem—Hair Cortisol and Cortisone Do Not Mediate the Effect of Child Maltreatment on Body Mass Index

Neural responses for evaluating self and mother traits in adolescence depend on mother–adolescent relationships

White matter integrity moderates the relation between experienced childhood maltreatment and fathers’ behavioral response to infant crying

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