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Intergenerational transmission and prevention of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) [Science Direct]

 

Hi everybody. It's Friday and we want to share some ACEs research wirh you that you can digest over the weekend. 📖

This is a heads-up on a recently published study from the USA on intergenerational trauma and ACEs and how it is transmitted and can be prevented.

Angela J. Narayan, Ph.D., L.P. and her colleagues published it in April 2021. Here is an excerpt from the abstract.

"In recent years, research and practice on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have shifted from delineating effects of ACEs on adulthood health problems to preventing ACEs in children.

Nonetheless, little attention has focused on how parents' own childhood experiences, adverse or positive, may influence the transmission of ACEs across generations.

Children's risk for ACEs and potential for resilience may be linked to the early child-rearing experiences of their parents carried forward into parenting practices. Additionally, parents with multiple ACEs may have PTSD symptoms, an under-recognized mediator of risk in the intergenerational transmission of ACEs.

Guided by developmental psychopathology and attachment theory with an emphasis on risk and resilience, we argue that a more comprehensive understanding of parents' childhood experiences is needed to inform prevention of ACEs in their children."

The PDF version can be accessed online from the Science Direct website via the link below.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/...ii/S0272735821000404

If you think that you may be dealing with intergenerational or any form of Trauma, please know that you can reach out to us for referrals to get support.

Have a beautiful weekend!

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