Ties That Bind: Exploring the Intricate Relationship between Childhood Maltreatment, Disrupted Body Boundaries, and Parental Sensitivity

Child maltreatment (CM) research has explored its effects on body boundaries and parenting separately. However, the possibility that CM may disrupt body boundaries and subsequently affect parental sensitivity is a largely unexplored mechanism. The proposed longitudinal study aims to test disrupted boundaries as a mediator between CM and parental sensitivity.