Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Fam Process. 2018 Dec;57(4):947-959. doi: 10.1111/famp.12339. Epub 2017 Dec 29.
Maternal history of childhood abuse has consistently been linked to increased risk for poor emotional adjustment and parenting as an adult. The aim of this study was to examine a model that may explain the link between maternal history of childhood abuse and mothers' tendencies to respond negatively to their adolescent children's negative emotions. A community sample of 66 mothers with adolescent children participated. Path analysis supported associations between mothers with a history of high betrayal trauma revictimization (i.e., trauma perpetrated by someone close to the mother during childhood and again as a young adult) and increased difficulty regulating their emotions. In turn, mothers who struggled to regulate their own emotions were also more likely to respond negatively to their adolescent's negative emotions. Findings highlight effects of childhood trauma may be particularly problematic for mothers who are revictimized as young adults. These results provide the foundation for future research evaluating clinical interventions targeted at increasing maternal emotion regulation skills.
母亲在儿童时期遭受虐待的经历与成年后情绪调节不良和育儿能力下降的风险增加密切相关。本研究旨在检验一个可能解释母亲在儿童时期遭受虐待的经历与母亲对青少年子女负面情绪的消极反应倾向之间联系的模型。研究采用社区样本，共 66 名有青少年子女的母亲参与。路径分析支持了母亲在儿童时期遭受高背叛创伤再受创经历（即童年时期和成年早期遭受亲近的人所实施的创伤）与情绪调节困难之间的关联。反过来，情绪调节困难的母亲也更有可能对青少年的负面情绪做出消极反应。研究结果强调了童年创伤的影响，对于那些在成年早期再次遭受创伤的母亲来说可能特别成问题。这些结果为未来评估旨在提高母亲情绪调节技能的临床干预措施的研究提供了基础。
