Open AccessMother–child interactions at six months postpartum are not predicted by maternal histories of abuse and neglect or maltreatment type.
Author(s) -
Minden B. Sexton,
Margaret T. Davis,
Rena A. Menke,
Greer A. Raggio,
Maria Muzik
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
psychological trauma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.059
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1942-9681
pISSN - 1942-969X
DOI - 10.1037/tra0000272
Subject(s) - neglect , psychology , child abuse , psycinfo , clinical psychology , physical abuse , postpartum period , sexual abuse , developmental psychology , child neglect , poison control , injury prevention , psychiatry , medicine , pregnancy , medline , medical emergency , biology , political science , law , genetics
A history of childhood maltreatment (CM) is associated with increased rates of maternal psychiatric symptoms and other adverse outcomes in adulthood among postpartum women. However, to date only a few studies have examined associations between CM and mother-child interactions among a nonclinical sample of postpartum women, and the specific potential influence of the type of abuse or neglect is poorly understood. This study was an aim to examine the relationships between CM types and observed parenting in a nonclinical group of recently postpartum mothers with maltreatment histories.