Research Center for Child Development, Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, No. 23 Baiduizi Jia, Haidian, Beijing 100048, China.
Research Center for Child Development, Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, No. 23 Baiduizi Jia, Haidian, Beijing 100048, China; Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Child Abuse Negl. 2024 Sep;155:107004. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107004. Epub 2024 Aug 23.
Although maternal childhood maltreatment has been associated with offspring externalizing symptoms, little is known about the potential mechanisms that contribute to breaking the intergenerational effect of maternal childhood maltreatment.
The current study aimed to (a) investigate the intergenerational effect between maternal childhood maltreatment and offspring externalizing symptoms in the Chinese family; (b) examine maternal supportive and harsh parenting as potential mediators of this intergenerational effect; and (c) explore the moderating roles of paternal support parenting, as well as paternal harsh parenting, in this mediation process of maternal supportive and harsh parenting.
The sample consisted of 1111 mother-father-child triads from Beijing, recruited when the children were one and three years old.
Mothers completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, and both parents completed the Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment and Comprehensive Early Childhood Parenting Scale.
Our results showed that maternal childhood maltreatment was a risk factor for offspring externalizing symptoms at T2 (β = 0.24, t = 6.51, p < .001), and this effect was mediated by maternal supportive (indirect effect = 0.03, 95%CI = [0.02, 0.05]) and harsh parenting (indirect effect = 0.03, 95%CI = [0.02, 0.07]) at T1. Furthermore, paternal harsh parenting moderated the indirect effect of maternal childhood maltreatment on child externalizing symptoms through maternal supportive parenting.
These findings contribute to our understanding and provide valuable information for disrupting the intergenerational effect of maternal childhood maltreatment.
尽管母婴期虐待与子女的外化症状有关，但对于促成母婴期虐待代际效应的潜在机制知之甚少。
本研究旨在：(a) 在中国家庭中调查母婴期虐待与子女外化症状之间的代际效应；(b) 检验母婴支持性和严厉性教养作为这种代际效应的潜在中介因素；(c) 探讨父方支持性教养以及父方严厉性教养在母婴支持性和严厉性教养这一中介过程中的调节作用。
该样本包括来自北京的 1111 对母婴-父婴三组成员，在儿童一岁和三岁时招募。
母亲完成儿童期创伤问卷，父母双方均完成婴儿-学步儿社会情感评估和综合早期儿童教养量表。
研究结果表明，母婴期虐待是子女在 T2 时出现外化症状的一个风险因素（β=0.24，t=6.51，p<0.001），这种效应由母婴支持性教养（间接效应=0.03，95%置信区间[0.02, 0.05]）和严厉性教养（间接效应=0.03，95%置信区间[0.02, 0.07]）在 T1 时进行中介。此外，父方严厉性教养调节了母婴期虐待对子女外化症状的间接效应，通过母婴支持性教养。
这些发现有助于我们理解，并为打破母婴期虐待的代际效应提供了有价值的信息。
