2024
Post-traumatic change and resilience after childhood maltreatment: Impacts on maternal mental health over the postpartum period
Armer J, Oh W, Davis M, Issa M, Sexton M, Muzik M. Post-traumatic change and resilience after childhood maltreatment: Impacts on maternal mental health over the postpartum period. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2024, 361: 1-9. PMID: 38844162, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.06.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPostpartum mental healthLow symptom classMental health symptomsMental health trajectoriesChildhood maltreatmentMental healthHealth trajectoriesHealth symptomsPost-traumatic changesAssociated with reduced psychopathologyHistory of childhood maltreatmentMaternal mental healthMental health classesPost-traumatic cognitionsMental health changesAdverse postpartum outcomesPost-traumatic growthIdentification of mothersHigh-risk classMultinomial logistic regression modelLogistic regression modelsChronic high riskGeneralizability of findingsInterview measuresHealth changes
2017
Mother–Child Interactions at Six Months Postpartum Are Not Predicted by Maternal Histories of Abuse and Neglect or Maltreatment Type
Sexton MB, Davis MT, Menke R, Raggio GA, Muzik M. Mother–Child Interactions at Six Months Postpartum Are Not Predicted by Maternal Histories of Abuse and Neglect or Maltreatment Type. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice And Policy 2017, 9: 622-626. PMID: 28481563, PMCID: PMC5589486, DOI: 10.1037/tra0000272.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostpartum womenPostpartum mothersChildhood maltreatmentMaternal psychiatric symptomsHistory of CMCM historyPostpartum visitAdverse outcomesPsychiatric symptomsUnivariate general linear modelClinical implicationsTypes of CMCM severityGeneral linear modelPositive parentingWomenMother-child interactionMothersSignificant differencesPostpartumNonclinical groupPotential influenceTypes of abuseMaltreatment history
2016
Family Social Support Modifies the Relationships Between Childhood Maltreatment Severity, Economic Adversity and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms
Muzik M, Umarji R, Sexton MB, Davis MT. Family Social Support Modifies the Relationships Between Childhood Maltreatment Severity, Economic Adversity and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms. Maternal And Child Health Journal 2016, 21: 1018-1025. PMID: 28028663, PMCID: PMC5392156, DOI: 10.1007/s10995-016-2197-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostpartum depressive symptomsCM severityDepressive symptomsSocial Support ModifiesSocial supportChildhood maltreatmentDepressive symptom severityChildhood maltreatment severityPostpartum mothersMaternal characteristicsProtective effectRisk mothersLarge effect sizesLinear regression analysisSymptom severityPostpartum psychopathologyConclusionsThis studySeverityPDS scoresLongitudinal studyChildhood abuseHierarchical linear regression analysesFamily social supportMothersRegression analysisLongitudinal suicidal ideation across 18-months postpartum in mothers with childhood maltreatment histories
Muzik M, Brier Z, Menke RA, Davis MT, Sexton MB. Longitudinal suicidal ideation across 18-months postpartum in mothers with childhood maltreatment histories. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2016, 204: 138-145. PMID: 27344623, PMCID: PMC5012909, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.06.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostpartum suicidal ideationSuicidal ideationChildhood maltreatmentProtective factorsCM historyMaternal suicidal ideationSeverity of SIHistory of CMSample of womenChildhood maltreatment historyPostpartumFactor associationsPercentage countsMarital statusSeverityMothersRiskIdeationFamily supportHigh rateSelf-report measuresMaltreatment historyNon-clinical sampleWomenAssociation