In this study, the authors examined the role of parentification (children assuming adult-like
roles in the family) as it relates to family risk (parental psychopathology, parental illness, and …

Research suggests intergenerational links between childhood abuse and neglect and
subsequent parenting quality, but little is known about the potential mechanisms underlying …

Parenthood among women of school age is generally believed to be the cause of a wide
range of health and social problems, including child abuse and neglect. This article will …

Parentification, a parent–child dynamic wherein children come to provide ongoing emotional
support for their parents, has been documented extensively in the clinical literature; …

This study investigated the independent impact of child sexual abuse on five dimensions of
adulthood parenting after controlling for other forms of childhood adversity in a …

Objective: This retrospective survey study explored the hypothesis that multiple maltreatment
and loss experiences in early childhood would interfere with the formation of secure …

Objective: This study explored the main and interactive effects of sexual abuse history and
relationship satisfaction on self-reported parenting, controlling for histories of physical abuse …

While most of the existing literature has focused on the risks associated with parentification,
we examined the potential benefits (ie, posttraumatic growth) associated with parentification …

A history of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) has been shown to be an important contributor to
poor psychosocial adjustment in adult life. However, the long-term impact of childhood …

Objective: While child sexual abuse and its negative effects have been of increasing interest
to researchers and practitioners, more empirical focus has been given to measuring mental …