Maternal adverse childhood experiences and preschool children’s behavioral problems: exploring mediation via an adapted measure of adult attachment pattern
This study is the first to employ the ECR-R to measure mothers' adult attachment pattern continuously from secure to insecure. Findings suggest that (1) adult attachment pattern measured continuously mediates the association between mothers' ACEs and their preschool children's behavioral problems and (2) preoccupied adult attachment pattern behaviors may play a stronger role than those of dismissive.
Authors
- Stefan Kurbatfinski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7693-2424)
- Aliyah Dosani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6817-3571)
- Deborah Dewey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1323-5832)
- Andrew F. Hayes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8329-1696)
- Nicole Letourneau
Institutions
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Alberta Children's Hospital (CA)
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute (CA)
- Mount Royal University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2025-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1596613
- Primary Topic
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Children's Hospital Foundation
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation
- Alberta Innovates
- Kids Brain Health Network