Maternal childhood maltreatment (MCM) is associated with parenting disruptions which may contribute to the intergenerational transmission of negative health and social outcomes. Most prior work has used variable-centered approaches to assess MCM. Complementary person-centered approaches can identify groups of participants characterized by similar patterns of maltreatment. The current study assessed both types and patterns of MCM in relation to disrupted parenting among 179 mothers and their 4-month-olds. In variable-centered analyses, physical abuse was related to negative-intrusive maternal behavior and physical neglect to role-confused behavior. Person-centered analyses derived three classes of MCM, which differed in disrupted parenting. For example, mothers who experienced multiple types of maltreatment displayed more withdrawal than mothers in both other classes. Results document the differential effects of particular types and patterns of MCM on aspects of parenting and reveal that mother’s history of maltreatment can affect the quality of mother-child interaction as early as 4 months of age.

母亲童年虐待 (MCM) 与育儿中断有关，这可能导致负面健康和社会结果的代际传递。大多数先前的工作都使用以变量为中心的方法来评估 MCM。以人为中心的补充方法可以识别具有相似虐待模式特征的参与者群体。目前的研究评估了 MCM 的类型和模式与 179 名母亲及其 4 个月大的孩子的育儿中断有关。在以变量为中心的分析中，身体虐待与负面侵入性母体行为有关，而身体忽视与角色混淆行为有关。以人为中心的分析得出了三类 MCM，它们在育儿中断方面有所不同。例如，经历过多种虐待的母亲比其他两个班级的母亲表现出更多的退缩。结果记录了特定类型和模式的 MCM 对育儿方面的不同影响，并揭示母亲的虐待史可影响早在 4 个月大的母子互动质量。