ABSTRACT

Eighty-one adolescent and young mother–infant dyads have been divided into two groups with/without traumatic experiences in maternal history to examine the effect of maternal traumatic experiences on the quality of mother–infant relationship. At infant 3 months, mother–infant interaction was video-recorded. Results showed that adolescent and young mothers with traumatic experiences (vs. adolescent and young mothers without traumatic experiences) had less sensitive and more violent and intrusive behaviours. Infants with mothers with traumatic experiences (vs. infants with mothers without traumatic experiences) had more aggressive and reactive behaviours. Furthermore, maternal cumulative traumatic experiences predicted more negative behaviours. Findings indicated that maternal childhood traumatic experiences increased an adolescent mother’s risk for maternal–child interaction problems, worsened the high-risk condition inherent in motherhood in adolescence. Understanding the effect of adolescent mother’s traumatic experiences has important implications for promoting early intervention in the treatment of trauma and supporting the mother–child relationship.

摘要

将 81 名青少年和年轻的母婴二人分为两组，在母亲历史上有/没有创伤经历，以检查母亲创伤经历对母婴关系质量的影响。在婴儿 3 个月时，对母婴互动进行视频记录。结果表明，有创伤经历的青少年和年轻母亲（与没有创伤经历的青少年和年轻母亲相比）的敏感度较低，暴力和侵入性行为较多。母亲有创伤经历的婴儿（与母亲没有创伤经历的婴儿相比）具有更具攻击性和反应性的行为。此外，母亲累积的创伤经历预示着更多的负面行为。研究结果表明，母亲童年的创伤经历增加了青春期母亲发生母婴互动问题的风险，加剧了青春期母亲固有的高风险状况。了解青春期母亲的创伤经历对促进创伤治疗的早期干预和支持母子关系具有重要意义。