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Distorted maternal mental representations and atypical behavior in a clinical sample of violence-exposed mothers and their toddlers.
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether maternal violence-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), reflective functioning (RF), and/or quality of mental representations of her child predict maternal behavior within a referred sample of interpersonal violence-exposed mothers and their children (ages 8-50 months). METHOD: Forty-one dyads completed two videotaped visits including measures of maternal mental representations and behavior. RESULTS: Negative and distorted maternal mental representations predicted atypical behavior (Cohen's d>1.0). While maternal PTSD and RF impacted mental representations, no significant relationships were found between PTSD, RF, and overall atypical caregiving behavior. Severity of maternal PTSD was however positively correlated with the avoidant caregiving behavior subscale. CONCLUSIONS: Maternal mental representations of her child are useful risk-indicators that mark dysregulation of trauma-associated emotions in the caregiver.
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“In their clinical sample, the quality of maternal mental representations on the WMCI was associated both with caregiving behavior and with WMCI-RF, but the latter did not correlate with atypical maternal behavior.”
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- Authors
- Schechter, D. S., Coates, S. W., Kaminer, T., Coots, T., Zeanah, C. H., Davies, M., Schonfeld, I. S., Marshall, R. D., Liebowitz, M. R., Trabka, K. A., McCaw, J. E., & Myers, M. M.
- Affiliations
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- Tulane University (US)
- City College of New York (US)
- Corresponding author
- Schechter, Daniel S.
- Venue
- Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2008-06-02
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 123-147
- ISSN
- 1529-9732 (ISSN-L)
- 1529-9740
- PMC
- PMC2577290
- OpenAlex
- W2089856180
- Cited by
- 165
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 5.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Trauma & Dissociation (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- CUNY Academic Works (City University of New York) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (K23MH068405)
- National Center for Research Resources (M01RR000645)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Keywords
- post-traumatic stress disorder, reflective functioning, mothers, toddlers, risk indicators, mother-child dyads
- MeSH terms
- Child, Preschool, Ethnicity, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Maternal Behavior, Mother-Child Relations, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Domestic Violence, Battered Women
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