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Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences, Family Strengths, and Chronic Stress in Children.
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- Association between adverse childhood experiences and asthma: a meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of maternal childhood maltreatment on child externalizing behaviour and the mediating factors underlying this association: a three-level meta-analysis and systematic review.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Parental Preconception Adversity and Offspring Mental Health in African Americans and Native Americans in the United States: A Systematic Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Pooled it
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- Associations between maternal adverse childhood experiences and children's physical health conditions: A longitudinal study.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Associations of cumulative adversity on Hispanic mothers' perceived stress with infants admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2026Article
- Caregiver adverse childhood experiences and burden: associations with child welfare risk in a caregiver-child-sample.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- The Legacy of Adversity? The Impact of Caregivers' Childhood Experiences and Children's Mental Health on Family Dynamics and Perceived Burden During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The CARING study: Examining biological, behavioral, and genetic mechanisms in the intergenerational transmission of toxic stress.Research in nursing & health · 2024Article
- Parenting experiences and outcomes among former adolescent mothers: A mixed methods study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Patterns of maternal adverse childhood experiences and the intergenerational association of preschool children's emotional and behavioral problems.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Cardiovascular Health: An Exploration of Protective Social Determinants Among Young Adult Black Women.ANS. Advances in nursing science · 2022Article
- A Systematic Review of the Effect of Parental Adverse Childhood Experiences on Parenting and Child Psychopathology.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2022Article
- Evidence for Revising the Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening Tool: a Scoping Review.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2022Article
- Links between mothers' ACEs, their psychopathology and parenting, and their children's behavior problems-A mediation model.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Maternal History of Adverse Experiences and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Impact Toddlers' Early Socioemotional Wellbeing: The Benefits of Infant Mental Health-Home Visiting.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Leveraging biosocial methods to examine and address structural determinants of health and promote health equity.Nursing outlookArticle
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Abstract
backgroundResearchers have demonstrated that maternal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), such as abuse and neglect, are associated with prenatal risk factors and poor infant development. However, associations with child physiologic and health outcomes, including biomarkers of chronic or "toxic" stress, have not yet been explored.
objectivesThe purpose of this study was to examine the associations among past maternal experiences, current maternal posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and children's indicators of exposure to chronic stress in a multiethnic sample of mothers and children at early school age (4 to 9 years).
methodsThis cross-sectional study included maternal-child dyads (N = 54) recruited from urban community health centers in New Haven, Connecticut. Mothers reported history of ACEs, family strengths, and current PTSD symptoms. Child measures included biomarkers and health and developmental outcomes associated with chronic stress. Correlational and regression analyses were conducted.
resultsChildhood trauma in mothers was associated with higher systolic blood pressure percentile (ρ = .29, p = .03) and behavioral problems (ρ = .47, p = .001) in children, while maternal history of family strengths was associated with lower salivary interleukin (IL)-1β (ρ = -.27, p = .055), salivary IL-6 (ρ = -.27, p = .054), and body mass index z-scores (ρ = -.29, p = .03) in children. Maternal PTSD symptoms were associated with more child behavioral problems (ρ = .57, p < .001) and higher odds of asthma history (ρ = .30, p = .03). DISCUSSION: Results indicate that past maternal experiences may have important influences on a child's health and affect his or her risk for experiencing toxic stress.
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