Child Maltreatment and Mother–Child Transmission of Stress Physiology

Author:

Hibel Leah C.1,Mercado Evelyn2,Valentino Kristin3

Affiliation:

1. Department of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

2. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

3. Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA

Abstract

In the current study, we examined the attunement and transmission of mother–child diurnal cortisol among maltreating ( N = 165) and nonmaltreating ( N = 83) mothers and their preschool-aged children. Over half of the families had a substantiated child maltreatment case with the mother as the perpetrator. Mothers collected three saliva samples (waking, midday, and bedtime) on themselves and their child on two consecutive days, which were later assayed for cortisol. This design allows for the examination of concurrent attunement, as well as cross-lagged transmission, across the day. Results from actor–partner interdependence models revealed significant differences in mother–child cortisol attunement and transmission between the maltreating and nonmaltreating groups. Specifically, only maltreating mothers transmitted cortisol to their children and were attuned at first waking; only nonmaltreating dyads were attuned at midday. Implications of these results for sociocultural models of stress physiology and for our understanding of how child maltreatment affects diurnal cortisol regulation are discussed.

Funder

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Developmental and Educational Psychology,Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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