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The effect of a maternal history of childhood abuse on adrenocortical attunement in mothers and their toddlers

We investigated circadian mother-child adrenocortical attunement in the context of a maternal history of childhood abuse (HoA). Mothers were screened after birth using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Women reporting moderate or severe abuse formed the HoA group (n = 37; HoAG) and were compared w...

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Hauptverfasser: Fuchs, Anna (VerfasserIn) , Möhler, Eva (VerfasserIn) , Resch, Franz (VerfasserIn) , Kaess, Michael (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 02 June 2017
In: Developmental psychobiology
Year: 2017, Jahrgang: 59, Heft: 5, Pages: 639-652
ISSN:1098-2302
DOI:10.1002/dev.21531
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dev.21531
Verlag, Volltext: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/dev.21531
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Verfasserangaben:Anna Fuchs, Eva Moehler, Franz Resch, Michael Kaess
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Zusammenfassung:We investigated circadian mother-child adrenocortical attunement in the context of a maternal history of childhood abuse (HoA). Mothers were screened after birth using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Women reporting moderate or severe abuse formed the HoA group (n = 37; HoAG) and were compared with a non-maltreated comparison group (n = 45; CG). Three years later, cortisol awakening response (CAR) and diurnal slope (DSL) were assessed. Mother-child interaction was coded using the Emotional Availability Scales at 12 months of age. For the CAR, we found adrenocortical attunement only in the HoAG (2-way interaction: p = .004), particularly if mothers scored low on structuring (3-way interaction: p = .042) and children scored low on responsiveness (3-way interaction: p = .044). DSL-attunement was dependent on maternal sensitivity (3-way interaction: p = .012) and child involvement (3-way interaction: p = .012). In the context of a maternal HoA, it seems possible for mother-child-dyads to show less optimal interactional quality but be stronger attuned to each other biologically.
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ISSN:1098-2302
DOI:10.1002/dev.21531

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