We utilize intersectionality as the framework for analyzing and critiquing the literature on the intergenerational transmission of trauma in early childhood. In particular, we assess the extent to which the literature replicates the oppression of marginalized and minoritized children and families by deemphasizing traumas and traumatic processes that are attributable to interlocking systems of oppression. In addition, building on the emphasis on systems that is central to intersectionality, we assess the degree to which the literature engages with trauma perpetrated through formal social systems. We assert that an intersectional lens demands acknowledgement of state‐perpetrated violence and that this acknowledgment is absent from the extant literature. To illustrate our argument, we present three structural analyses (“cases”) of state‐perpetrated violence, leveraging life course theory and theories of historical and cultural trauma in addition to intersectionality theory to draw inferences about the intergenerational impacts of these cases. Through our analysis, we demonstrate how efforts to reduce contemporary state‐perpetrated violence and repair the effects of historical state‐perpetrated violence are well aligned with ongoing efforts in the public policy arena at promoting early childhood mental health and family thriving. We close with a proposed agenda for better integrating such efforts into research and policy.

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关于创伤和国家暴力的代际传播的交叉观点

我们利用交叉性作为框架来分析和批判关于儿童早期创伤的代际传播的文献。特别是，我们通过不强调互锁的压迫系统来评估创伤和创伤过程，从而评估文献在多大程度上复制了边缘化和少数化的儿童及家庭的压迫。此外，在强调对交叉性至关重要的系统的基础上，我们评估了文献对正式社会系统所造成的创伤的参与程度。我们断言，交叉镜头要求承认国家实施的暴力，而现有文献中没有这种承认。为了说明我们的论点，除了交叉性理论之外，我们还利用生命历程理论以及历史和文化创伤理论，对国家实施的暴力行为进行了三种结构分析（“案例”），以得出关于这些案例的代际影响的推论。通过我们的分析，我们证明了减少当代由国家实施的暴力行为和修复历史由国家实施的暴力行为的努力如何与公共政策领域为促进幼儿心理健康和家庭蓬勃发展所做的努力保持一致。我们以拟议的议程结尾，以更好地将这种努力纳入研究和政策。通过我们的分析，我们证明了减少当代由国家实施的暴力行为和修复历史由国家实施的暴力行为的努力如何与公共政策领域为促进幼儿心理健康和家庭蓬勃发展所做的努力保持一致。我们以拟议的议程结尾，以更好地将这种努力纳入研究和政策。通过我们的分析，我们证明了减少当代国家犯下的暴力行为和修复历史上国家犯下的暴力行为的努力如何与公共政策领域为促进幼儿期心理健康和家庭繁荣所做的努力保持一致。我们以拟议的议程结尾，以更好地将这种努力纳入研究和政策。