The abused child as parent: the structure and content of physically abused mothers’ perceptions of their babies

Gara, Michael A.; Allen, Lesley A.; Herzog, Elaine P.; Woolfolk, Robert L.

doi:10.1016/s0145-2134(00)00130-7

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“…These results echo those of a previous study of mothers with histories of childhood physical abuse regarding perceptions of their infants vs. non-abused controls (7). Although posttraumatic stress per se was not a focus of the Gara et al study (7), that study found that physically abused mothers were more likely to express negative perceptions of their infants than were controls.…”

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“…Although posttraumatic stress per se was not a focus of the Gara et al study (7), that study found that physically abused mothers were more likely to express negative perceptions of their infants than were controls. Recent studies have also related maternal IPV-PTSD to risk for child maltreatment (33) and maltreating mothers to harsh, negative attributions towards their young children (32).…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Several studies have linked mothers’ negative perceptions of their young children both to negative self-attributions and to a maternal history of maltreatment and other forms of interpersonal violence exposure (2, 7, 8). Lyons-Ruth and Block (9) found associations between violence-related maternal PTSD, atypical caregiving behavior, and attachment disorganization.…”

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Negative and Distorted Attributions Towards Child, Self, and Primary Attachment Figure Among Posttraumatically Stressed Mothers: What Changes with Clinician Assisted Videofeedback Exposure Sessions (CAVES)

Schechter

Moser

Reliford

et al. 2014

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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This study found that within a non-referred community pediatrics clinic sample, the severity of mothers’ trauma-related psychopathology, in particular, their interpersonal violence-related (IPV) posttraumatic stress, dissociative, and depressive symptoms predicted the degree of negativity of mothers’ attributions towards their preschool age children, themselves, and their own primary attachment figure. Results also showed that mothers with IPV-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as compared to non-PTSD controls showed a significantly greater degree of negativity of their attributions toward their child, themselves and their primary attachment figure during childhood. The study finally found a significant reduction in the degree of negativity of mothers’ attributions only towards their child following a three-session evaluation-protocol that included a form of experimental intervention entitled the “Clinician Assisted Videofeedback Exposure Session (CAVES)”, for mothers with IPV-PTSD as compared to control-subjects.

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Negative and Distorted Attributions Towards Child, Self, and Primary Attachment Figure Among Posttraumatically Stressed Mothers: What Changes with Clinician Assisted Videofeedback Exposure Sessions (CAVES)

Schechter

Moser

Reliford

et al. 2014

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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“…Indeed, although childhood physical abuse was found to be significantly correlated with negative parenting outcomes at the bivariate level, which is consistent with intergenerational research (e.g., Gara et al, 2000;Milner et al, 1990), it failed to be an explanatory variable in multivariate analyses, in which adult traumas instead explained variance in parenting. Witnessing violence in childhood was also not a significant predictor of parenting outcomes.…”

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The Impact of Complex Trauma and Depression on Parenting: An Exploration of Mediating Risk and Protective Factors

2003

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The current study examined (a) maternal depression as a mediator between mothers' complex trauma exposure and parenting difficulties and (b) protective factors within a sample of adult survivors of complex child and adult trauma. Participants were a sample of 152 women selected from 174 women interviewed in the third wave of a longitudinal study of a hospital sample of girls. The women in the current study represent a subsample that includes all participants who had given birth to a child. Measures included assessments of women's own trauma history and parenting outcomes. Higher rates of trauma exposure were related to decreased parenting satisfaction, reports of child neglect, use of physical punishment, and a history of protective service reports. These links were partially mediated by the relationship between trauma exposure and increased maternal depression. Exploratory analyses were also conducted to examine protective factors for fewer parenting problems within a further subsample of trauma survivors.

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“…Gara, Allen, Herzog & Woolfolk (2000) reported that mothers who were abused in childhood had trouble differentiating negative behaviors and how to discipline them, using the same technique for each different behavior. Parents from backgrounds of abuse are at high risk for continuing the cycle of violence (Pears & Capaldi, 2001).…”

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Partnership Cultures: Beginning at the Beginning through Parenting

Rando

2016

IJPS

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Partnership cultures begin with the smallest units of society, the family. Creating partnership families requires evaluating internalized parenting scripts, discarding domination practices, and acting to nurture and form healthy relationships. Care and respect are foundational to partnership parenting, creating a safe environment in which children's neurophysiologies flourish. Parenting practices that promote safety and calm, such as use of touch and communication that appreciates feelings, buffer children from the effects of stress. Policies and practices that support parents toward partnership --particularly parents living with overwhelming stress, depression, addictions, and/or childhood histories of abuse and neglect --may improve children's lifetime physical and mental health outcomes as well as improve our society.

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The abused child as parent: the structure and content of physically abused mothers’ perceptions of their babies

Cited by 27 publications

References 17 publications

Negative and Distorted Attributions Towards Child, Self, and Primary Attachment Figure Among Posttraumatically Stressed Mothers: What Changes with Clinician Assisted Videofeedback Exposure Sessions (CAVES)

Negative and Distorted Attributions Towards Child, Self, and Primary Attachment Figure Among Posttraumatically Stressed Mothers: What Changes with Clinician Assisted Videofeedback Exposure Sessions (CAVES)

The Impact of Complex Trauma and Depression on Parenting: An Exploration of Mediating Risk and Protective Factors

Partnership Cultures: Beginning at the Beginning through Parenting

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