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The intergenerational transmission of trauma: attachment, adverse childhood experiences, and current life stress

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dc.contributor.authorSaunders, Hannah E., author
dc.contributor.authorBiringen, Zeynep, advisor
dc.contributor.authorFariñas, Janina, committee member
dc.contributor.authorRiggs, Nathaniel, committee member
dc.contributor.authorSarche, Michelle, committee member
dc.contributor.authorRosén, Lee, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-10T20:04:32Z
dc.date.available2020-09-06T20:05:05Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractAttachment theory highlights the importance of the quality of the relationship between an infant and his or her primary caregiver. However, caregivers with unresolved trauma or loss may behave in frightening ways and foster a disorganized (D) attachment style with their infant. This attachment style poses a significant risk for later psychopathology. However, challenges remain in identifying D attachment through observation. The Emotional Availability (EA) system may help to elucidate the indicators of disorganization. Study 1 represents the first step in validating the EA system in identifying D attachment and provides guidelines to assist EA coders in coding D attachment. Next, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) negatively affect adults' mental health and their child's development. Despite theoretical links among caregivers' ACEs, current life stress, attachment, and child psychopathology, few studies have examined these pathways. This is particularly important in American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) populations, for which a history of systemic oppression has contributed to high rates of trauma. Study 2 tests whether parent mental health and parent-child EA mediates the relation between parent ACEs and child social-emotional functioning in a largely American Indian sample. The indirect effect is not significant, suggesting a strong direct effect from ACEs to child functioning. Study 2 also examines a moderation model to determine whether high parent-child EA buffers against parents' current life stress. Results demonstrate a strong link between parents' stress and child social-emotional problems, but the moderation effect is the opposite of what was expected.
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dc.identifierSaunders_colostate_0053A_14915.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/191329
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.titleThe intergenerational transmission of trauma: attachment, adverse childhood experiences, and current life stress
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thesis.degree.disciplineHuman Development and Family Studies
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

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