Despite previous work demonstrating that an accumulation of maternal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is associated with negative health outcomes across generations, few studies have investigated protective factors beyond the parent-child dyad in the intergenerational transmission of adversity. The current study extends previous findings by examining maternal family social support as a culturally relevant buffer in the association between mothers' ACEs and her children's behavior problems in early childhood. Participants included 121 African American mothers and their preschool-aged children experiencing high sociodemographic risk. Mothers completed questionnaires on ACEs, perceived family social support, children's violence exposure and behavior problems as well as relevant demographics. Maternal family social support moderated the relation between maternal ACEs and children's externalizing behaviors (b = -.14, p < .01), such that children of mothers who reported high ACEs and also moderate to high family social support did not show elevated externalizing behaviors; this pattern was not observed for internalizing behaviors (b = -.06, p = .06). Additionally, the intergenerational buffering effects of family social support were observed above and beyond mothers' psychopathology and children's exposure to violence. These results have implications for culturally relevant prevention and intervention efforts supporting African American mothers with young children that reflect resiliency in the face of disparities across generations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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家庭社会支持缓冲了孕产妇不良童年经历和学龄前儿童外在行为的代际关联。

尽管先前的工作表明，孕产妇不良儿童经历（ACEs）的积累与各代人的负面健康后果有关，但很少有研究调查了在代际逆境传播中亲子二元以外的保护因素。本研究通过检查母亲的家庭社会支持作为母亲ACEs与幼儿期儿童行为问题之间的文化相关缓冲来扩展先前的发现。参加者包括121位非裔美国人母亲及其学龄前儿童，他们有较高的社会人口统计学风险。母亲们完成了关于ACE，家庭获得的社会支持，儿童遭受暴力侵害和行为问题以及相关人口统计信息的问卷。产妇家庭的社会支持减轻了产妇ACE与孩子的外在行为之间的关系（b = -.14，p <.01），因此，报告了较高ACE和中等至高家庭社会支持的母亲的孩子并没有表现出较高的外在行为; 对于内部化行为，未观察到该模式（b = -.06，p = .06）。此外，在母亲的心理病理学和儿童暴露于暴力之外，还观察到了家庭社会支持的代际缓冲作用。这些结果对于在文化上相关的预防和干预工作产生了影响，这些努力支持了有幼儿的非洲裔美国母亲，反映了面对代际差异的抵御能力。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。