Exploring maternal adversity and childhood outcomes among low-income rural families

Factors affecting the association between maternal adverse childhood experiences and preschool children’s behavioural problems: a systematic review of mediators and moderators

“…The sample sizes for the three analytical cross-sectional study designs ranged from 121 33 to 152 34 and the sample sizes for the prospective cohort studies ranged from 45 35 to 1994. 36 Seven studies only examined mediating variables, 36-42 two only examined moderating variables, 33,43 and four examined both moderating and mediating variables. 34,35,44,45 Five studies described the effect of a moderator, 33,35,43-45 ten studies described the effect of a mediator, 35-42,44,45 and six studies employed more complex models.…”

Intergenerational Transmission of Parental Adverse Childhood Experiences and Children’s Outcomes: A Scoping Review

“…Nearly half of the studies ( n = 29, 42.6%) examined the impact of parental ACEs on child internalizing problems (e.g., anxiety, depression, fear, withdrawal) and externalizing problems (e.g., aggression, hyperactivity, conduct problems) (Cooke et al, 2019; Dennis et al, 2019; Doi et al, 2020a; Fredland et al, 2018; Greenfield et al, 2019; Hatch et al, 2020; Haynes et al, 2020; Hetherington et al, 2020; Kang et al, 2021; Khan & Renk, 2019; Khoury et al, 2022; Kumar et al, 2018; Letourneau et al, 2019; McDonald et al, 2019; Merrill et al, 2021; Min et al, 2013; Ochoa et al, 2022; Plant et al, 2017; Rieder et al, 2019; Sauvé et al, 2022; Schickedanz et al, 2018; Stargel & Easterbrooks, 2020; Stepleton et al, 2018; Thomas-Argyriou et al, 2020; Thomas-Giyer & Keesler, 2021; van de Ven et al, 2020; Wang et al, 2021, 2022; Yoon et al, 2019).…”

“…Measures of parenting attitudes and behaviors were also examined in some mediation studies. Measures of parenting that have been explored include maternal sensitivity (Bouvette-Turcot et al, 2020), scaffolding behaviors (Coe et al, 2020), mother-child attachment (Cooke et al, 2019; Thomas-Giyer & Keesler, 2021), positive parenting (Doi et al, 2020a; Doi et al, 2022), hostile behaviors (Racine et al, 2018), parenting aggravation (Schickedanz et al, 2018), physical discipline (Yoon et al, 2019), child maltreatment (Doi et al, 2020a; Plant et al, 2017), parental loss (Doi et al, 2020a), disagreement on parenting with grandparents (Yoon et al, 2019), parenting self-efficacy (Treat et al, 2019), father involvement (Zhang et al, 2022), parenting stress (Yoon et al, 2019), reflective function (Garon-Bissonnett et al, 2022), and executive function (Harris et al, 2021).…”

“…It is worth noting that, among the 35 studies that have tested indirect mechanisms of effect, 14 (20.6%) conducted cross-sectional mediation analysis (Cooke et al, 2019; Dennis et al, 2019; Doi et al, 2020a; Doi et al, 2022; Kang et al, 2022; Kumar et al, 2018; Moon et al, 2021; Ochoa et al, 2022; Rieder et al, 2019; Schickedanz et al, 2018; Suglia et al, 2020; Sun et al, 2017; Thomas-Giyer & Keesler, 2021; Wurster et al, 2020). Causal inferences from research bearing this type of non-prospective design should be made cautiously, especially considering that each of the studies measured ACEs retrospectively.…”

“…Only one study conducted by Beveridge and colleagues found that parent ACEs were not significantly associated with child pain in direct or indirect ways (Beveridge et al, 2022). Moreover, among the 35 studies that have examined the pathways linking parental ACEs and child outcomes, only five studies didn’t confirm the mediation effects of the following factors: maternal scaffolding, parental mental health problems, maternal executive function, maternal distress, mother-child attachment (Beveridge et al, 2022; Coe et al, 2020; Harris et al, 2021; Hendrix et al, 2022; Thomas-Giyer & Keesler, 2021). Similarly, among the 16 studies involved moderation tests, only two studies came away with null effects (Stepleton et al, 2018; Wang et al, 2022).…”