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The Relationship Between Parenting And Child Trauma: An Intergenerational Investigation, Miriam A. Dreyer
The Relationship Between Parenting And Child Trauma: An Intergenerational Investigation, Miriam A. Dreyer
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This study examined the intergenerational transmission of trauma by investigating the relationship between parental trauma and child trauma exposure by considering parenting variables including emotion regulation, aggression, monitoring, and punitiveness as potential mechanisms of transmission. Though ample research exists which suggests that experiences of trauma are passed down from one generation to the next, this intergenerational transmission is not inevitable, and the mechanisms of transmission need to be better understood. Parenting is a crucial construct to examine given that it shapes interactions between two generations and represents a forum for intervention.
The study was a secondary analysis of a selection …