A family study into the intergenerational transmission of abuse
Focus on: stress and emotion regulation
The 3-Generations study
Health, Prevention and the Human life cycle 3
Intergenerational transmission of abuse
Evidence
1. An estimated 30 % of victims will become abusive themselves
2. Experience with abuse is a risk factor for partner violence and elderly abuse
Furthermore
3. Psychiatric complaints in adulthood
4. Cognitive, social and emotional changes in adulthood
5. Neurobiological changes in adulthood
Animal studies
6. Cognitive and neurobiological changes
7. Epigenetic processes
Research team
Rien van IJzendoorn
Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg
Laura Compier-de Block
Bernet Elzinga
Marieke Tollenaar
Lisa van den Berg
Jolanda Lindenberg
Rudi Westendorp
Child and Family Studies Clinical, Health and Neuropsychology
Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing
Lenneke Alink
Thomas Puvill
Measuring stress and emotion regulation
fMRI
• What happens in the brain after rejection by a family member?
Measuring stress and emotion regulation
Family interaction task
•(How) are conflicts solved?• Observation of behavior
•What happens in the body during conflicts?• Stress regulation
Measuring stress and emotion regulation
Qualitative interview
• How do people experience the environment?
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