ArticleJournal of interpersonal violence2021
Effects of Parental Childhood Abuse on Daily Stress Processes in Adulthood.
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- Indirect and Conditional Associations Between ADHD and Risky Internet Use in Elementary School Children With Parent-child Conflict and Maternal Childhood Trauma.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Testing the Indirect Effects of Sense of Control & Perceived Stress in the Relationship between Child Abuse History & Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration in Adulthood.Journal of family violence · 2025Article
- Causal Mediation Analysis for the Intergenerational Transmission of Violence Reveals Pathways From Child Maltreatment to Elder Mistreatment.The Gerontologist · 2025Observational
- Daily health and well-being in adulthood and old age: The role of adverse childhood experiences.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2025Article
- Daily stress reactivity and risk appraisal mediates childhood parental abuse predicting adulthood psychopathology severity: An 18-year longitudinal mediation analysis.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Article
- Positive reappraisal coping mediates the relationship between parental abuse and lack of affection on adulthood generalized anxiety severity.Journal of anxiety disorders · 2024Article
- Child maltreatment among deaf and hard-of-hearing adolescent students: associations with depression and anxiety.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Trait self-acceptance mediates parental childhood abuse predicting depression and anxiety symptoms in adulthood.Journal of anxiety disorders · 2023Article
- Effects of Chronic Burden Across Multiple Domains and Experiences of Daily Stressors on Negative Affect.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2022Article
- Adverse childhood experiences amplify the longitudinal associations of adult daily stress and health.Child abuse & neglect · 2021Article
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Abstract
Extensive evidence suggests that exposure to childhood abuse can lead to harmful health effects across a lifetime. To contribute to the literature, the current study examined whether and how a history of parental childhood abuse affects exposure to and severity appraisal of daily stressors in adulthood, as well as emotional reactivity to these stressors. We analyzed 14,912 daily interviews of 2,022 respondents from the second wave of the National Study of Daily Experiences. Multilevel modeling was utilized to analyze nested data, in that each person provided repeated measures of daily experience for eight consecutive study days. Results showed that more frequent experience of maternal childhood abuse was associated with more severe appraisal of daily stressors. In addition, adults with more frequent maternal childhood abuse exhibited greater emotional reactivity to daily stressors. The current study provides evidence that a history of parental childhood abuse may serve as a vulnerability factor in the process of experiencing and responding to stressful events encountered in daily life. Future research should further explore the long-term health effects of daily stress and emotional experience among adults with a history of parental childhood abuse. Interventions for these adults should focus on promoting emotional resilience in the face of daily stress.
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