Abstract Given that young children of mothers with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) exhibit increased risk for maladaptive outcomes (including being maltreated by their caregivers), this study investigated a comprehensive model for predicting children’s emotional and behavioral problems in the context of mothers’ ACEs. A community sample of 146 mothers with children aged one and onehalf to five years provided ratings of their ACEs, depressive symptoms, parenting characteristics, mother–young child attachment, and young children’s internalizing and externalizing problems. Mothers’ ACEs and depressive symptoms predicted uniquely young children’s internalizing problems. In contrast, mothers’ ACEs, depressive symptoms, and punitive parenting behaviors predicted uniquely young children’s externalizing problems. These results suggested the importance of trauma-informed interventions for high-risk mothers who may be involved with child welfare systems and for their young children who are likely to exhibit emotional and behavioral problems as child custody decisions are made.

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母亲的不良童年经历、抑郁症状、养育子女和依恋是幼儿问题的预测因素

摘要 鉴于有不良童年经历 (ACE) 的母亲的幼儿表现出适应不良结果的风险增加（包括被照顾者虐待），本研究调查了一个综合模型，用于在母亲的 ACE 背景下预测儿童的情绪和行为问题。一个由 146 名有 1 岁半至 5 岁孩子的母亲组成的社区样本提供了对她们的 ACE、抑郁症状、养育特征、母婴依恋以及幼儿的内化和外化问题的评级。母亲的 ACE 和抑郁症状独特地预测了幼儿的内化问题。相比之下，母亲的 ACE、抑郁症状和惩罚性养育行为独特地预测了幼儿的外化问题。