2024
Maternal Childhood Trauma, Caregiving Behavior, and Child Cognitive Development in the Context of Drug Addiction
Shin J, McMahon T, Penner F, Lowell A. Maternal Childhood Trauma, Caregiving Behavior, and Child Cognitive Development in the Context of Drug Addiction. American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry 2024 PMID: 39446632, DOI: 10.1037/ort0000802.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMaternal childhood traumaExposure to childhood traumaChildren's cognitive developmentChildhood traumaMother-child dyadsCaregiving behaviorAssociated with children's cognitive developmentCognitive developmentContext of drug addictionImpact of childhood traumaMaternal caregiving behaviorSubstance use treatment programsSubstance use disordersQuality of caregivingDrug addictionDyadic interactionsTreatment programsBehavioral systemsIntergenerational riskChild developmentMaternal substanceIntergenerational impactChild ageProtective factorsLack of association
2023
Mothering from the Inside Out: Results of a community‐based randomized efficacy trial testing a mentalization‐based parenting intervention for mothers with addictions
Lowell A, DeCoste C, Dalton R, Dias H, Borelli J, Martino S, McMahon T, Suchman N. Mothering from the Inside Out: Results of a community‐based randomized efficacy trial testing a mentalization‐based parenting intervention for mothers with addictions. Infant Mental Health Journal 2023, 44: 142-165. PMID: 36862381, PMCID: PMC10050102, DOI: 10.1002/imhj.22043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use disordersResearch cliniciansCommunity-based cliniciansRandomized efficacy trialMonths of ageSubstance use outcomesClinical trialsEfficacy trialsUse disordersPrior trialsChildren 11Clarity of cuesUse outcomesTrialsCliniciansMothersParenting interventionsInterventionService gapsMental statesEfficacyAddiction counselorsAddictionSame degreeChild's mental statesSelf‐report measure of parental reflective functioning: A study of reliability and validity across three samples of varying clinical risk
Carlone C, Milan S, Decoste C, Borelli J, McMahon T, Suchman N. Self‐report measure of parental reflective functioning: A study of reliability and validity across three samples of varying clinical risk. Infant Mental Health Journal 2023, 44: 240-254. PMID: 36857469, DOI: 10.1002/imhj.22046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical riskMajority of mothersSubstance use disordersParent Development InterviewParental reflective functioningParental Reflective Functioning QuestionnaireSample of mothersUse disordersFunctioning QuestionnaireInitial validation studyMental statesParent-report measuresMothersReflective functioningReflective Functioning QuestionnairePsychometric propertiesSelf-report measuresValidation studyParents' capacityRiskReliable measureAdditional supportParent-child relationship
2021
Mothering from the Inside Out: Addressing the Intersection of Addiction, Adversity, and Attachment with Evidence-Based Parenting Intervention
Lowell AF, Peacock-Chambers E, Zayde A, DeCoste CL, McMahon TJ, Suchman NE. Mothering from the Inside Out: Addressing the Intersection of Addiction, Adversity, and Attachment with Evidence-Based Parenting Intervention. Current Addiction Reports 2021, 8: 605-615. PMID: 34306964, PMCID: PMC8280593, DOI: 10.1007/s40429-021-00389-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvidence-based parenting interventionsEmotional needsChildren's emotional needsCommunity-based cliniciansParenting interventionsSubstance use disordersNeurobiological differencesAdversityChronic stressorsUse disordersRecent FindingsEvidenceFuture researchAddictionLack of attentionMother's historyReal-world settingInterventionInside OutAttachmentMothersNeurobiologyStressorsRecent trialsClinical trialsParents
2020
Fatherhood, Substance Use, and Early Child Development
McMahon T. Fatherhood, Substance Use, and Early Child Development. 2020, 581-602. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-51027-5_36.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubstance useEarly family environmentEarly child developmentFamily relationsSubstance use disordersInternalizing difficultiesDevelopment of infantsChild developmentPsychological problemsTemperamental difficultyFamily environmentPreschool childrenMiddle adulthoodEarly adulthoodUse disordersMisusing substancesClinical interventionsMost menAdolescence