Journal article
Maternal childhood abuse and children's emotional-behavioral difficulties: Intergenerational transmission via birth outcomes and psychosocial health
R Giallo, D Gartland, M Seymour, L Conway, F Mensah, L Skinner, A Fogarty, S Brown
Journal of Family Psychology | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC | Published : 2020
DOI: 10.1037/fam0000623
Abstract
Understanding the mechanisms and psychosocial pathways potentially underlying the association between maternal childhood abuse exposure and poor child health and wellbeing is important to inform opportunities for support and intervention early in the period of becoming a parent. The aim of the study was to investigate whether adverse birth outcomes and psychosocial health issues (maternal depressive symptoms, exposure to intimate partner violence in the first postnatal year) are potential mechanisms underlying the association between maternal childhood abuse and children's emotional-behavioral functioning at 10 years. Data were drawn from 1,507 first-time mothers and their 10-year-old childr..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study was approved by the following human research ethics committees: La Trobe University (2002/38); Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne (2002/23); Southern Health, Melbourne (2002-099B); Angliss Hospital, Melbourne (2002), Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne (27056A). This research was supported by project grants from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council and from the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. Stephanie Brown was supported by a VicHealth Public Health Research Fellowship, a NHMRC Career Development Award and Senior Research Fellowship, and an ARC Future Fellowship; and Rebecca Giallo and Fiona Mensah were supported by a NHMRC Career Development Fellowship. We are extremely grateful to the women taking part in the study, to members of the Maternal Health Study Collaborative Group, and to members of the Maternal Health Study research team who have contributed to data collection and coding. The ideas expressed and data appearing in this article have not been previously disseminated.