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The Impact of Maternal Childhood Abuse on Parenting and Infant Temperament
Author(s) -
Lang Ariel J.,
Gartstein Maria A.,
Rodgers Carie S.,
Lebeck Meredith M.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2010.00229.x
Subject(s) - temperament , psychopathology , psychology , developmental psychology , distress , child abuse , child psychopathology , clinical psychology , poison control , injury prevention , medicine , personality , social psychology , environmental health
The impact of maternal history of maltreatment and psychopathology on mother–child relationship, parenting, and infant temperament was evaluated. Women completed self‐report measures addressing childhood trauma, psychopathology, infant–parent relationship, parenting, and infant temperament. Maternal physical abuse was associated with poorer mother–child interactions, increased vigilance, and difficulty recovering from distress among infants, whereas a history of emotional abuse was linked with less interactional dysfunction, lower levels of infant frustration, and more pleasure. Maternal depression was associated with infant temperament and attitudes about parenting. These findings suggest that maternal history of childhood abuse and psychopathology are important determinants of parenting and infant temperament.