Converging Evidence of a Specific Vulnerability of Young Boys to Parental Childhood Trauma.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Childhood trauma is common among parents and can have intergenerational effects. Preliminary evidence suggests that young boys may be more vulnerable to maternal childhood trauma than girls. This finding needs to be replicated, and it remains to be determined whether it also applies to paternal childhood trauma. The current study aims to examine the associations between parental childhood trauma and 3 indicators of early functioning (general development, socioemotional development, and temperament) in offspring and to assess the moderating role of child sex.

Method

Childhood trauma was assessed during pregnancy in 3 community samples of women (N = 143; N = 195; N = 216) and postnatally in 1 community sample of fathers (N = 165). Child functioning was assessed using

SUBMITTER: Larouche K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12684472 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature