Study uses path analysis to understand how childhood maltreatment is transmitted intergenerationally (IMAGE)

University of Fukui

Study uses path analysis to understand how childhood maltreatment is transmitted intergenerationally

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In this study by researchers from the University of Fukui, the model used by them shows that childhood trauma affects parenting style, but this effect is mediated by affective empathy and depressive symptoms.

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Yuko Kawaguchi et al. from University of Fukui, Japan

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