The impact of maternal incarceration on their daughter's empathy

Thomson, Nicholas D.; Kuay, Hue San; Baron‐Cohen, Simon; Towl, Graham

doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2017.10.010

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“…Millions of children are impacted by parental incarceration (Glaze & Maruschak, 2008), and presumably, half of these children are girls. Research exploring the long-term consequences of parental incarceration among women is sparse (Muftić & Smith, 2018; Thomson, Kuay, et al, 2018), especially for second-generation female offenders. Thus, the goal of the present study was to assess whether the effects of parental incarceration in second-generation female offenders were of sufficient magnitude and specificity to differentially predict maternal versus paternal incarceration.…”

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“…Furthermore, because there are fewer women’s prisons it is more likely that women will be held in facilities further away from the child’s residence, making visits much more difficult (Hagan & Coleman, 2001). Research assessing the long-term effects of maternal incarceration have found that adults who experienced maternal incarceration during their childhood reported poorer self-perception, lower levels cognitive empathy, higher levels of internalizing, and a greater likelihood of having a history of arrest, conviction, and incarceration (Dallaire, 2007a; Grant, 2006; Muftić et al, 2016; Murray & Farrington, 2008; Thomson, Kuay, et al, 2018). Thus, it seems that maternal incarceration has a lasting impact on criminality and personality traits well into adulthood.…”

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“…In some cases, the child of an incarcerated parent may suffer from the shame and stigma of having a parent in prison, causing additional social isolation (Mauer et al, 2009). Furthermore, the traumatic experience of parental incarceration may impact the child’s security and attachment with parents, which interferes with typical psychosocial development impacting personality and increasing the risk of delinquency (Makariev & Shaver, 2010; Thomson, Kuay, et al, 2018).…”

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The Impact of Parental Incarceration on Psychopathy, Crime, and Prison Violence in Women

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Moeller

Amstadter

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Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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There is a growing interest in understanding the consequences of parental incarceration. Unfortunately, research exploring the long-term criminological and personality effects in female offspring is limited, particularly among second-generation female offenders. In a sample of 170 female offenders, we first assessed the correlations between psychopathy facets, prison violence, and types of crime. Next, we tested the association between childhood exposure to paternal and/or maternal incarceration on adulthood psychopathic traits, criminal offending, and prospective prison violence over 12 months. Correlations showed the interpersonal facet was positively correlated with fraud-related crime and prison violence. The affective facet was positively correlated with violent crime and prison violence. The behavioral facet was associated with prison violence and drug-related crime. Multinomial logistic regressions showed higher interpersonal facet scores were associated with an increased likelihood of having experienced paternal incarceration. Higher affective facet scores, violent crime, and prison violence were associated with an increased likelihood of having experienced maternal incarceration, regardless of if the father had been incarcerated or not. It is evident that having any parent incarcerated during childhood can be harmful to daughters; however, our findings dovetail with prior research showing that maternal incarceration leads to more detrimental outcomes for women.

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The Impact of Parental Incarceration on Psychopathy, Crime, and Prison Violence in Women

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“…Moreover, the neurochemical role of this effect begs inquiry. Lastly, since large-scale studies have shown disrupted cognitive empathy in children of incarcerated women and community women (Thomson, Kuay, Baron-Cohen, & Towl, 2018), future research should also explore the impact of other types of adverse child experiences beyond child abuse.…”

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Women with early maltreatment experience show increased resting-state functional connectivity in the theory of mind (ToM) network

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Šiugždaitė

Hudson

et al. 2019

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background: Experience of childhood maltreatment significantly increases the risk for the development of psychopathology and is associated with impairments in socio-cognitive skills including theory-of-mind (ToM). In turn, neural alterations in ToM processing might then influence future interpersonal interaction and social-emotional understanding. Objective: To assess resting-state activity in the theory-of-mind network in traumatized and non-traumatized persons. Methods: Thirty-five women with a history of childhood maltreatment and 31 unaffected women completed a resting-state scan and a ToM localizer task. The peak coordinates from the localizer were used as the seed regions for the resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) analyses (temporo-parietal junction, dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, middle temporal gyrus and precuneus). Results: Child abuse was associated with increased RSFC between various ToM regions including the precuneus and the brainstem suggesting altered hierarchical processing in ToM regions. Number of types of abuse was driving the effect for the temporo-parietal junction and the brainstem, while the severity of abuse was linked to increased RSFC between the middle temporal gyrus and the frontal cortex. Post-hoc analyses of brainstem regions indicated the involvement of the serotonergic system (dorsal raphe). Conclusions: The data indicate a lasting impact of childhood maltreatment on the neural networks involved in social information processing that are integral to understanding others' emotional states. Indeed, such altered neural networks may account for some of the interpersonal difficulties victims of childhood maltreatment experience.

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“…Despite having 5% of the world's population, the United States currently holds over 25% of the world's incarcerated population, with 2.3 million people currently in jail or prison (American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU], 2020). Data shows that 52-63% of individuals who are incarcerated have children, with the number of mothers rapidly increasing in recent years (Thomson et al, 2018). Nationwide, one in every 25 children currently has a parent incarcerated in jail or prison, and an estimated five to eight million children have experienced parental incarceration in their lifetime (Haskin & Turney, 2018).…”

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The Testimonios of System-Impacted Daughters of Color on Healing from Parental Incarceration

Monreal¹

2021

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1 in every 25 children in the United States currently has a parent incarcerated in jail or prison. Black and Latinx children make up the majority of this population, as their parents are overrepresented in local jails and state and federal prisons. Parental incarceration affects a child’s behavior, emotional and mental health, social interaction, and financial stability. Daughters of incarcerated parents are particularly affected. This research investigates testimonios (testimonies), a narrative form of counter-storytelling, as a tool to address the traumatic effect of parental incarceration on female children of color. Testimonios give a person agency and allow them to share their unique and nuanced experiences in detail. In-depth interviews demonstrated that testimonios can be an effective healing tool for women who have been impacted by parental incarceration and can improve social service organizations directed towards families affected by incarceration. Testimonios provided space in which daughters of incarcerated parents were able to express their emotions and make sense of their experiences. The interviews also revealed shared themes in the experiences of multiple interviewees.

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The impact of maternal incarceration on their daughter's empathy

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References 55 publications

The Impact of Parental Incarceration on Psychopathy, Crime, and Prison Violence in Women

The Impact of Parental Incarceration on Psychopathy, Crime, and Prison Violence in Women

Women with early maltreatment experience show increased resting-state functional connectivity in the theory of mind (ToM) network

The Testimonios of System-Impacted Daughters of Color on Healing from Parental Incarceration

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