Prior research indicates links between parents' experiences of interpersonal trauma and emotion-interpretation difficulties, and between such difficulties and child attachment insecurity and disorganization. Although mothers with mild levels of intellectual disability (ID) are at heightened risk for trauma and emotion-interpretation difficulties, and their children for attachment insecurity, corresponding links in this population have not been examined. We therefore investigated emotional interpretations among mothers with mild levels of ID (n = 23) and matched comparison mothers without ID (n = 25), in relation to mothers' experiences of trauma and their children's attachment representations. Mothers with mild levels of ID were not less accurate than comparison mothers with regard to general positive and negative emotion-interpretation accuracy, but they were significantly more likely to misinterpret shame and anger. Among mothers with mild levels of ID, misinterpretations of shame were positively related to maternal experiences of trauma, and to child attachment insecurity and disorganization.

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轻度智力障碍的母亲：情感解释、创伤和儿童依恋表现。

先前的研究表明，父母的人际关系创伤经历与情绪解释困难之间存在联系，以及这些困难与儿童依恋不安全和混乱之间存在联系。尽管患有轻度智力障碍 (ID) 的母亲面临更高的创伤和情绪解释困难的风险，以及他们的孩子的依恋不安全感，但尚未检查该人群中的相应联系。因此，我们调查了具有轻度 ID 水平的母亲（n = 23）和匹配的没有 ID 的比较母亲（n = 25）之间的情感解释，这些解释与母亲的创伤经历及其孩子的依恋表现有关。在一般正面和负面情绪解释的准确性方面，具有轻度 ID 的母亲并不比比较母亲的准确度差，但她们更容易误解羞耻和愤怒。在轻度智力障碍的母亲中，对羞耻感的误解与母亲的创伤经历、儿童依恋不安全和混乱呈正相关。