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ArticleChild maltreatment2023

Maternal Childhood Maltreatment History and Child Behavior Problems: Developmental Patterns and Mediation via Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Parenting Behavior.

Madeleine Harris, Harriet MacMillan, Jennifer Mepham, Divya Joshi, Christine Wekerle, Leslie Atkinson, Andrea Gonzalez

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Article in Child maltreatment, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Madeleine HarrisNeuroscience Graduate Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Harriet MacMillanOfford Centre for Child Studies, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Jennifer MephamNeuroscience Graduate Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Divya JoshiDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Christine WekerleOfford Centre for Child Studies, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Leslie AtkinsonDepartment of Psychology, 7984Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Andrea GonzalezOfford Centre for Child Studies, Hamilton, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0087-830X
McMaster University · CAToronto Metropolitan University · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Maternal exposure to childhood maltreatment (CM) is associated with offspring behavioral problems; however, little work has examined these associations longitudinally across child development. This study examined the effects of maternal history of CM on trajectories of child internalizing and externalizing behavior measured from toddlerhood to preschool, and the role of maternal depressive symptoms and parenting behavior as potential mediators. Participants included 115 mother-child dyads recruited from a hospital maternity ward. Maternal CM was measured at 3-months postpartum. At 18, 36, and 60 months, maternal depressive symptoms and child behavior were assessed via maternal report and parenting behavior was assessed through direct observation. Findings indicated that children of mothers exposed to CM demonstrated poorer trajectories of problem behavior across early childhood. Maternal depressive symptoms mediated the relation between CM and children's internalizing problems. Findings highlight the importance of screening for maternal depressive symptoms and early intervention for maternal and child mental health.

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Child AbuseParentingChildChild BehaviorChild, PreschoolDepressionFemaleHumansMother-Child RelationsMothersPregnancybehavioral problemschild maltreatmentdepressiongrowth curvesparenting

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PMID35081793
PMCPMC10021123
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