Background: Child maltreatment can have a long-term impact on mental health. Less is known about the consequences of child maltreatment on the next generation’s psychological wellbeing. ududAim: This systematic review aimed to synthesise existing empirical literature on the association between a mother’s history of maltreatment in her own childhood and her children’s experience of psychopathology, and to characterise potential mediating pathways. ududMethod: Electronic database and hand searches yielded 12 studies, with a combined sample size of 45,723 mother-child dyads, which met criteria for inclusion in the review.ududResults: There was evidence of an overall positive association between a mother’s history of child maltreatment and her child’s experience of emotional and behavioural difficulties across childhood and adolescence. Maternal psychological distress and poorer parenting practices were found to be key mediating pathways of this association.ududConclusion: Children of mothers who were exposed to maltreatment in childhood appear to be at an increased risk for psychopathology. Mothers with traumatic childhood experiences should be offered improved access to psychological therapies and parenting programmes to help mitigate the potential impact of child maltreatment on future generations.
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机译:背景:虐待儿童会对心理健康产生长期影响。关于虐待儿童对下一代心理健康的影响知之甚少。 ud ud目标:这项系统的综述旨在综合现有的经验性文献,以探讨母亲童年时期的虐待历史与孩子的心理病理经历之间的关联,并描述潜在的中介途径。 ud ud方法:电子数据库和人工搜索产生了12项研究,样本总数为45,723个母二倍体,符合纳入评价的标准。 ud ud结果:有证据表明,母亲虐待儿童的历史以及孩子在儿童期和青春期的情感和行为困难经历。孕产妇的心理困扰和较差的养育方式被发现是这种关联的主要中介途径。 ud ud结论:儿童时期遭受虐待的母亲的孩子患心理疾病的风险似乎增加了。应为有童年经历的母亲提供更多的心理治疗方法和育儿方案,以帮助减轻虐待儿童对后代的潜在影响。
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