@article{ref1,
title="Transmission of parental childhood trauma to child behavior problems: parental Hostile/Helpless state of mind as a moderator",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2021",
author="Sauvé, Michèle and Bernier, Annie and Tarabulsy, George M. and Dubois-Comtois, Karine and Amédée, Laetitia Mélissande and St-Laurent, Diane and Cyr, Chantal and Moss, Ellen",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Little attention has been given to intergenerational transmission of risk, mainly whether caregivers' history of childhood maltreatment is linked to behavioral symptoms in their children and which protective/risk factors are involved in this transmission process.   OBJECTIVE: This study examined if parental Hostile/Helpless (H/H) state of mind with respect to attachment moderated the association between parental childhood trauma and behavior problems in maltreated children.   PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: The sample included 61 parents and their children victims or at very high risk of maltreatment, aged between 1 and 6 years old.   METHOD: Parents retrospectively reported their childhood trauma and completed a measure of their children's behavior problems. Independent observers assessed H/H attachment representations.   RESULTS: Among parents with H/H states of mind, more severe traumatic childhood experiences were associated with more externalizing and internalizing behavior problems in their children. Among non-H/H parents, associations between parental childhood trauma and child behavior problems were not significant.   CONCLUSIONS: In the context of trauma, this study suggests that the absence of a H/H state of mind in parents (i.e., the presence of an organized attachment state of mind) is a protective factor for child adjustment. H/H mental representations of self and attachment experiences as targets of intervention for parents with histories of maltreatment may help reduce the transmission of risk in maltreating families.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104885",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104885"
}