Turgeon Jessica, Milot Tristan, St-Laurent Diane, Dubois-Comtois Karine
Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Canada.
Department of Psychoeducation, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada; Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille (CEIDEF), Canada; Centre de Recherche Universitaire sur les Jeunes et les Familles (CRUJeF), Canada; Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès des enfants vulnérables et négligés (GRIN), Canada.
Child Abuse Negl. 2023 Sep;143:106281. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106281. Epub 2023 Jun 8.
Individuals who experience chronic relational trauma within the parent-child relationship are at risk of developing disorganized representations of attachment relationships in the form of Hostile-Helpless (HH) states of mind. While this association is well recognized theoretically, few studies to date have empirically tested predictors of HH states of mind.
The purpose of this study was to examine whether retrospective self-reports of maltreatment and the quality of mother-child affective communication assessed in childhood predict HH states of mind in young adulthood.
The sample was composed of 66 young adults from a low-income community sample, who had been taking part in a longitudinal project since they were preschoolers.
Results indicate that childhood maltreatment experiences significantly predict HH states of mind and that the quality of mother-child affective communication serves a protective role in the association between childhood maltreatment severity and adult attachment disorganization.
This study is one of the first to prospectively examine how the quality of mother-child affective communication in childhood relates to attachment disorganization in young adulthood. Our results highlight the importance of providing support to families in which the child is at risk of experiencing relational trauma, with a particular focus on improving the quality of parent-child interactions.
在亲子关系中经历慢性关系创伤的个体，有以敌对-无助（HH）心理状态的形式发展出依恋关系混乱表征的风险。虽然这种关联在理论上已得到充分认可，但迄今为止，很少有研究对HH心理状态的预测因素进行实证检验。
本研究的目的是检验童年期虐待的回顾性自我报告以及童年期评估的母婴情感沟通质量是否能预测青年期的HH心理状态。
样本由66名来自低收入社区样本的青年组成，他们从学龄前儿童起就参与了一个纵向项目。
结果表明，童年期虐待经历能显著预测HH心理状态，且母婴情感沟通质量在童年期虐待严重程度与成人依恋混乱之间的关联中起到保护作用。
本研究是首批前瞻性研究童年期母婴情感沟通质量与青年期依恋混乱之间关系的研究之一。我们的结果凸显了向儿童有经历关系创伤风险的家庭提供支持的重要性，尤其要注重提高亲子互动质量。
