Intergenerational transmission of trauma from African American mothers to their children due to vicarious racism

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Intergenerational transmission of trauma from African American mothers to their children due to vicarious racism

A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports that among Black and African American mothers of preschool-aged children, lifetime experiences of perceived racial discrimination were associated with increased parenting stress which was mediated by stress overload and depressive symptoms.

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