Intergenerational Effects of Maternal Childhood Experiences on Maternal Parenting and Infant Developmental Progress.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study evaluated the intergenerational indirect effects of maternal childhood experiences on infant progress in reaching developmental milestones through maternal scaffolding behaviors. We hypothesized that mothers who perceived their own mothers as highly supportive in childhood, even in the context of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), would be more likely to engage in scaffolding with their infants, which in turn would predict greater infant developmental progress (e.g., less risk for developmental delay).

Methods

Participants included 295 low-income mothers and their infants who were assessed prenatally and at 6 and 12 months postpartum. Mothers retrospectively reported on their childhood experiences, maternal parenting behaviors were observationally rat

SUBMITTER: Coe JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7573193 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct-Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature