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Mothering, Substance Use Disorders and Intergenerational Trauma Transmission: An Attachment-Based Perspective
Background: A growing body of research underlines that interpersonal trauma in childhood leads to heightened susceptibility for substance use disorders (SUDs) in later life. Little research has been conducted on parenting experiences of mothers in recovery from substance use, taking into account the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6813727/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31681040 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00728 |
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author | Meulewaeter, Florien De Pauw, Sarah S. W. Vanderplasschen, Wouter |
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description | Background: A growing body of research underlines that interpersonal trauma in childhood leads to heightened susceptibility for substance use disorders (SUDs) in later life. Little research has been conducted on parenting experiences of mothers in recovery from substance use, taking into account their own upbringing as a child and the potential aftermath of interpersonal childhood trauma. Methods: Through in-depth qualitative interviews, 23 mothers with SUDs reflected on parenting experiences and parent-child bonding, related to both their children and parents. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and data were analyzed adopting thematic analysis. Results: Throughout the narratives, consequences of trauma on mothers’ sense of self and its subsequent impact on parenting arose as salient themes. Five latent mechanisms of intergenerational trauma transmission were identified: 1) early interpersonal childhood trauma experiences in mothers; 2) trauma as a precursor of substance use; 3) substance use as a (self-fooling) enabler of parental functioning; 4) continued substance use impacting parental functioning; and 5) dysfunctional parental functioning and its relational impact upon offspring. Discussion: Findings suggest disruptive attachment can increase the vulnerability for SUDs on the one hand, but can be an expression of underlying trauma on the other, hence serving as a covert mechanism by which trauma can be transmitted across generations. Results indicate the need for preventive, attachment-based and trauma-sensitive interventions targeted at disruptive intergenerational patterns. |
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spelling | pubmed-68137272019-11-01 Mothering, Substance Use Disorders and Intergenerational Trauma Transmission: An Attachment-Based Perspective Meulewaeter, Florien De Pauw, Sarah S. W. Vanderplasschen, Wouter Front Psychiatry Psychiatry Background: A growing body of research underlines that interpersonal trauma in childhood leads to heightened susceptibility for substance use disorders (SUDs) in later life. Little research has been conducted on parenting experiences of mothers in recovery from substance use, taking into account their own upbringing as a child and the potential aftermath of interpersonal childhood trauma. Methods: Through in-depth qualitative interviews, 23 mothers with SUDs reflected on parenting experiences and parent-child bonding, related to both their children and parents. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and data were analyzed adopting thematic analysis. Results: Throughout the narratives, consequences of trauma on mothers’ sense of self and its subsequent impact on parenting arose as salient themes. Five latent mechanisms of intergenerational trauma transmission were identified: 1) early interpersonal childhood trauma experiences in mothers; 2) trauma as a precursor of substance use; 3) substance use as a (self-fooling) enabler of parental functioning; 4) continued substance use impacting parental functioning; and 5) dysfunctional parental functioning and its relational impact upon offspring. Discussion: Findings suggest disruptive attachment can increase the vulnerability for SUDs on the one hand, but can be an expression of underlying trauma on the other, hence serving as a covert mechanism by which trauma can be transmitted across generations. Results indicate the need for preventive, attachment-based and trauma-sensitive interventions targeted at disruptive intergenerational patterns. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6813727/ /pubmed/31681040 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00728 Text en Copyright © 2019 Meulewaeter, De Pauw and Vanderplasschen http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychiatry Meulewaeter, Florien De Pauw, Sarah S. W. Vanderplasschen, Wouter Mothering, Substance Use Disorders and Intergenerational Trauma Transmission: An Attachment-Based Perspective |
title | Mothering, Substance Use Disorders and Intergenerational Trauma Transmission: An Attachment-Based Perspective |
title_full | Mothering, Substance Use Disorders and Intergenerational Trauma Transmission: An Attachment-Based Perspective |
title_fullStr | Mothering, Substance Use Disorders and Intergenerational Trauma Transmission: An Attachment-Based Perspective |
title_full_unstemmed | Mothering, Substance Use Disorders and Intergenerational Trauma Transmission: An Attachment-Based Perspective |
title_short | Mothering, Substance Use Disorders and Intergenerational Trauma Transmission: An Attachment-Based Perspective |
title_sort | mothering, substance use disorders and intergenerational trauma transmission: an attachment-based perspective |
topic | Psychiatry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6813727/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31681040 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00728 |
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