Morton N, Browne K D
School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK.
Child Abuse Negl. 1998 Nov;22(11):1093-104. doi: 10.1016/s0145-2134(98)00088-x.
The aim of this paper was to review the literature on attachment and child maltreatment in relation to the intergenerational transmission of maltreatment.
A review of the literature to date was undertaken, and a descriptive analysis of 13 studies on the quality of attachment in maltreated samples was conducted.
Quality of infant attachment seems to be in the most part dependent upon the sensitiveness of the mother. Not surprisingly the majority of studies demonstrates that on average maltreated children are less securely attached to their mothers than nonmaltreated children. This early mother-infant relationship is said to be internalized by the child and consequently form a prototype to which all future relationships are assimilated. Thus maltreated children may have problems forming relationships with peers, partners and their own children.
It is suggested that this is the primary process by which maltreatment continues from one generation to the next. The implications of this process for the prediction and prevention of childhood maltreatment are discussed.
本文旨在回顾与虐待行为代际传递相关的依恋和儿童虐待方面的文献。
对迄今为止的文献进行了综述，并对13项关于受虐待样本中依恋质量的研究进行了描述性分析。
婴儿依恋质量在很大程度上似乎取决于母亲的敏感性。毫不奇怪，大多数研究表明，平均而言，受虐待儿童与其母亲的依恋安全感不如未受虐待儿童。据说这种早期的母婴关系会被孩子内化，并因此形成一个原型，所有未来的关系都被同化到这个原型中。因此，受虐待儿童在与同伴、伴侣及自己的孩子建立关系时可能会有问题。
有人认为这是虐待行为代代相传的主要过程。讨论了这一过程对儿童虐待预测和预防的影响。
