University of Southern California, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, Los Angeles, CA, 669 W. 34th Street, 90089, United States.
University of Southern California, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, Los Angeles, CA, 669 W. 34th Street, 90089, United States.
Child Abuse Negl. 2019 Feb;88:326-336. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.12.005. Epub 2018 Dec 13.
Experiences of childhood adversity are consistently associated with compromised behavioral health later in life. Less clear is the intergenerational influence of maternal childhood adversity on developmental outcome in children. Completely unknown are the mechanisms linking teen mother's childhood adversity to child developmental outcomes.
The present study tested whether aspects of parenting (parenting stress, physical discipline, and disagreement with grandparents) served as the pathways between teen mother's childhood adversity and the externalizing behaviors of their offspring at age 11, by gender.
Data were from a longitudinal panel study of teen mothers and their children, the Young Women and Child Development Study (N = 495; 57% male).
The pathways from teen mother's childhood adversity to their offspring's externalizing behavior were tested by two subscales: rule-breaking behavior and aggressive behavior. In addition, multiple-group analysis was examined for potential gender differences.
Teen mother's childhood adversity was positively associated with greater use of parenting stress (β = 0.16, p < .01) and physical discipline (β=0.11, p < .05). In addition, parenting stress, physical discipline, and disagreement with grandparent were all associated with increased rule-breaking and aggressive behaviors in children. Multiple group analysis revealed that the path between physical discipline and externalizing behavior differed by gender, with the path only significant for girls.
These findings have implications for early intervention efforts that emphasize the need to intervene with children and parents, particularly helping teen mothers gain knowledge and skills to offset the impact of their experiences of childhood adversity on their parenting behaviors.
童年逆境经历与成年后行为健康受损密切相关。但母亲童年逆境对儿童发展结果的代际影响尚不清楚。母女童年逆境与儿童发展结果之间的联系机制完全未知。
本研究通过性别检验了青少年母亲的童年逆境与 11 岁子女的外化行为（包括行为问题和攻击行为）之间的联系途径，这些途径包括育儿压力、身体纪律和与祖父母的分歧。
数据来自青少年母亲及其子女的纵向面板研究，即青年妇女与儿童发展研究（N=495；57%为男性）。
通过两个子量表检验了从青少年母亲的童年逆境到其子女的外化行为的途径：违反规则行为和攻击行为。此外，还进行了多组分析，以检验潜在的性别差异。
青少年母亲的童年逆境与更高的育儿压力（β=0.16，p<0.01）和身体纪律（β=0.11，p<0.05）呈正相关。此外，育儿压力、身体纪律和与祖父母的分歧都与儿童的违反规则行为和攻击行为增加有关。多组分析显示，身体纪律与外化行为之间的关系存在性别差异，仅在女孩中具有显著意义。
这些发现对早期干预措施具有启示意义，需要强调干预儿童和父母的必要性，特别是帮助青少年母亲获得知识和技能，以抵消其童年逆境经历对其育儿行为的影响。
