Child Maltreatment and Mother-Child Transmission of Stress Physiology

被引:15
作者
Hibel, Leah C. [1 ]
Mercado, Evelyn [2 ]
Valentino, Kristin [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Human Ecol, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[2] Univ Massachusetts, Dept Psychol & Brain Sci, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
[3] Univ Notre Dame, Dept Psychol, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
关键词
physiological processes; parent-child relationships; child maltreatment; child abuse; neglect; DIURNAL CORTISOL REGULATION; MATERNAL SENSITIVITY; ADRENOCORTICAL ATTUNEMENT; ADVERSE EXPERIENCES; INFANT; ABUSE; AXIS; SYNCHRONY; RESPONSES; ASSOCIATIONS;
D O I
10.1177/1077559519826295
中图分类号
D669 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
学科分类号
1204 ;
摘要
In the current study, we examined the attunement and transmission of mother-child diurnal cortisol among maltreating (N = 165) and nonmaltreating (N = 83) mothers and their preschool-aged children. Over half of the families had a substantiated child maltreatment case with the mother as the perpetrator. Mothers collected three saliva samples (waking, midday, and bedtime) on themselves and their child on two consecutive days, which were later assayed for cortisol. This design allows for the examination of concurrent attunement, as well as cross-lagged transmission, across the day. Results from actor-partner interdependence models revealed significant differences in mother-child cortisol attunement and transmission between the maltreating and nonmaltreating groups. Specifically, only maltreating mothers transmitted cortisol to their children and were attuned at first waking; only nonmaltreating dyads were attuned at midday. Implications of these results for sociocultural models of stress physiology and for our understanding of how child maltreatment affects diurnal cortisol regulation are discussed.
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页码:340 / 352
页数:13
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