Association Between Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Offspring Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior
Maternal ACEs were associated with elevated offspring internalizing and externalizing symptoms independently of offspring ACEs. These findings support the utility of maternal ACE screening in the prenatal period to inform early interventions, services, and referrals to promote maternal health and to potentially disrupt intergenerational transmission of adversity.
Authors
- Krystle McConnell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3420-2060)
- Edmond D. Shenassa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6244-5847)
- Jessica L. Gleason (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9877-7931)
Institutions
- Twitter (United States) (US)
- National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (GB)
- Towson University (US)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Published
- 2025-05-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/aog.0000000000005946
- Primary Topic
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00