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Unique Types Of Angel And Ghost Memories In Low-Income, Diverse Pregnant Women, Rebecca Spear Jan 2022

Unique Types Of Angel And Ghost Memories In Low-Income, Diverse Pregnant Women, Rebecca Spear

Graduate School of Professional Psychology: Doctoral Papers and Masters Projects

This study examined the associations between three types of angel memories, defined as recollections of loving moments with childhood caregivers, and pregnant women’s reported childhood adversity and current PTSD symptoms. Angel memories were coded from the Angels in the Nursery Interview (Van Horn et al., 2008) into three subtypes: protection in the context of harm, rupture in the protective shield, and sensory memories. Participants were 175 ethnically-diverse pregnant women (M age = 28.07, SD = 5.68, range = 18-40 years; 61.1% non-White) who completed the Angels Interview, the Adverse Childhood Experiences scale (ACEs; CDC, 2021) for childhood adversity, and …