TY - JOUR
T1 - Childhood sexual trauma and subsequent parenting beliefs and behaviors
AU - The Family Life Project Key Investigators
AU - Zvara, B. J.
AU - Mills-Koonce, W. R.
AU - Appleyard Carmody, K.
AU - Cox, M.
AU - Cox, Martha
AU - Clancy Blair, Blair
AU - Burchinal, Peg
AU - Linda Burton, Burton
AU - Crnic, Keith
AU - Crouter, Ann
AU - Garrett-Peters, Patricia
AU - Greenberg, Mark
AU - Lanza, Stephanie
AU - Mills-Koonce, W. Roger
AU - Werner, Emily
N1 - Funding Information:
Support for this research was provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ( PO1-HD-39667 ), with co-funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse . Additional support was provided by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism ( A12-0934 ) awarded as a predoctoral fellowship (F31) to the lead author.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - Using propensity-matched controls, the present study examines the long-term adjustment of women reporting childhood sexual trauma (CST) at or before the age of 14 in terms of parenting efficacy and parenting behavior. Data for these analyses were obtained from mother reports and from observational protocols from a longitudinal study of low-income, rural families. The novel use of propensity-matched controls to create a control group matched on family of origin variables provides evidence that when women with CST are compared with the matched comparison women, females who experienced CST show poorer functioning across multiple domains of parenting (sensitivity, harsh intrusiveness, boundary dissolution), but not in parenting efficacy. Follow-up moderation analyses suggest that the potential effects of trauma on parenting behaviors are not attenuated by protective factors such as higher income, higher education, or stable adult relationships. Implications for interventions with childhood sexual trauma histories and directions for future study are proposed.
AB - Using propensity-matched controls, the present study examines the long-term adjustment of women reporting childhood sexual trauma (CST) at or before the age of 14 in terms of parenting efficacy and parenting behavior. Data for these analyses were obtained from mother reports and from observational protocols from a longitudinal study of low-income, rural families. The novel use of propensity-matched controls to create a control group matched on family of origin variables provides evidence that when women with CST are compared with the matched comparison women, females who experienced CST show poorer functioning across multiple domains of parenting (sensitivity, harsh intrusiveness, boundary dissolution), but not in parenting efficacy. Follow-up moderation analyses suggest that the potential effects of trauma on parenting behaviors are not attenuated by protective factors such as higher income, higher education, or stable adult relationships. Implications for interventions with childhood sexual trauma histories and directions for future study are proposed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.01.012
DO - 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.01.012
M3 - Article
C2 - 25680655
AN - SCOPUS:84923508035
VL - 44
SP - 87
EP - 97
JO - Child Abuse and Neglect
JF - Child Abuse and Neglect
SN - 0145-2134
ER -