APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
Maternal Controlling Parenting and Youth-Perceived Mother-Child Attachment Mediate the Association between Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adolescent Behavioral Difficulties
- Yuze Shi
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Research Centre, The University of Edinburgh - Yuze Shi
School of Health in Social Science, The University of Edinburgh - Shuya Xie
School of Health in Social Science, The University of Edinburgh - Angus MacBeth
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Research Centre, The University of Edinburgh - Angus MacBeth
School of Health in Social Science, The University of Edinburgh
Abstract
Based on nationally representative Growing Up in Scotland Birth Cohort 1 (N=5719), a) maternal ACEs were associated with adolescent behavioral difficulties, (b) there is a consistent, significant indirect effect of maternal ACEs on adolescent behavioral difficulties, through maternal controlling parenting and child-perceived father-child attachment.
