Childhood Maltreatment Experiences and Child Abuse Potential: Temperamental Sensitivity as Moderator?

Voorthuis, Alexandra; Bhandari, Ritu; Out, Dorothée; Veen, Rixt van der; Bakermans‐Kranenburg, Marian J.; IJzendoorn, Marinus H. van

doi:10.1007/s10896-014-9624-3

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“…Second, our behavioral outcome measure consisted of ratings of perceived cuteness and approachability of infant pictures. While these kinds of judgments are relevant in their own right, future studies could also focus on actual interactive behavior, either with an infant or an infant simulator (see, e.g., Voorthuis et al, 2013). Third, our sample consisted of women only.…”

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Changes in face-specific neural processing explain reduced cuteness and approachability of infants with cleft lip

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Eilander

Mileva‐Seitz

et al. 2017

Social Neuroscience

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The current study investigated whether changes in the neural processing of faces of infants with a facial abnormality - a cleft lip - mediate effects of the cleft lip on judgments of infant cuteness and approachability. Event-related potentials (ERPs) in response to pictures of faces of healthy infants and infants with a cleft lip, and ratings of cuteness and approachability of these infant faces, were obtained from 30 females. Infants with a cleft lip were rated as less attractive (less cute and approachable) than healthy infants, and both the N170 and P2 components of the ERP were of reduced amplitude in response to pictures of infants with a cleft lip. Importantly, decreased configural processing of infant faces with a cleft lip, as evidenced by reduced N170 amplitudes, mediated the reduced attractiveness ratings for infants with a cleft lip compared to healthy infants. Our findings help elucidate the mechanisms behind the less favorable responses to infants with a cleft lip, highlighting the role of face-specific rather than domain-general neural processes.

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Changes in face-specific neural processing explain reduced cuteness and approachability of infants with cleft lip

Huffmeijer

Eilander

Mileva‐Seitz

et al. 2017

Social Neuroscience

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“…It consists of an abuse potential scale (77 items), six factor scales (e.g., distress, rigidity, unhappiness, various interpersonal problems), and three validity scales to detect if respondents answered randomly, faked good (i.e., denied problems), or faked bad (i.e., exaggerated problems). Adequate psychometric properties, including construct validity, internal consistency, and stability over time, have been demonstrated across numerous samples (see Milner, 2004 , for a review, but see Voorthuis et al, 2014 ).…”

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Baseline Functioning and Stress Reactivity in Maltreating Parents and At-Risk Adults

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We reviewed and meta-analyzed 10 studies (N = 492) that examined the association between (risk for) child maltreatment perpetration and basal autonomic activity, and 10 studies (N = 471) that examined the association between (risk for) child maltreatment and autonomic stress reactivity. We hypothesized that maltreating parents/at-risk adults would show higher basal levels of heart rate (HR) and skin conductance (SC) and lower levels of HR variability (HRV) and would show greater HR and SC stress reactivity, but blunted HRV reactivity. A narrative review showed that evidence from significance testing within and across studies was mixed. The first set of meta-analyses revealed that (risk for) child maltreatment was associated with higher HR baseline activity (g = 0.24), a possible indication of allostatic load. The second set of meta-analyses yielded no differences in autonomic stress reactivity between maltreating/at-risk participants and nonmaltreating/low-risk comparison groups. Cumulative meta-analyses showed that positive effects for sympathetic stress reactivity as a risk factor for child maltreatment were found in a few early studies, whereas each subsequently aggregated study reduced the combined effect size to a null effect, an indication of the winner’s curse. Most studies were underpowered. Future directions for research are suggested.

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“…Both studies used female undergraduate participants who were not yet mothers. One study found that students' report of childhood physical abuse predicted the potential to abuse their own children, as measured by questionnaires, but only for those high in Orienting Sensitivity (Voorthuis et al, ). In the other study, Bhandari et al () had students keep an infant simulator at home for 2 days.…”

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Sensory Processing Sensitivity and the Subjective Experience of Parenting: An Exploratory Study

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Nardone

et al. 2019

Family Relations

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Objective To explore the relationship between sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) and parental subjective experience (PSE). Background SPS is a temperament trait characterized by greater sensitivity to environmental and social stimuli; no previous research has examined the relation of SPS to PSE (e.g., how much parents feel parenting is difficult or feel connected to their child). Method In the first of two online studies, mothers were unaware of the study's relation to SPS (N = 92). In the second, mothers (n = 802) and fathers (n = 65) were recruited through an SPS‐related website. SPS was assessed by the short version of the Highly Sensitive Person Scale; PSE by 27 items with three components—Parenting Difficulties, Good Coparenting Relationship, and Attunement to Child. Results Controlling or not for external stressors, negative affectivity, children's age, and socioeconomic status, high‐SPS mothers in both studies scored meaningfully higher on Parenting Difficulties and Attunement to Child; high‐SPS fathers scored higher on Attunement to Child. SPS had little association with Coparenting Relationship. Conclusion Parents high in SPS report more attunement with child, although mothers found parenting more difficult. Implications This information could aid family researchers, particularly by considering the role of adult temperament. It also suggests that interventions focused on high‐SPS parents could improve their parenting experience and hence perhaps enhance child development. Thus, this research and what may follow from it could advance both theory and practice.

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Childhood Maltreatment Experiences and Child Abuse Potential: Temperamental Sensitivity as Moderator?

Cited by 10 publications

References 43 publications

Changes in face-specific neural processing explain reduced cuteness and approachability of infants with cleft lip

Changes in face-specific neural processing explain reduced cuteness and approachability of infants with cleft lip

Baseline Functioning and Stress Reactivity in Maltreating Parents and At-Risk Adults

Sensory Processing Sensitivity and the Subjective Experience of Parenting: An Exploratory Study

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