Download or read book Intergenerational Transmission of Attachment Style as Mediated by Childhood Sexual Abuse written by Rebecca Machtinger and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While there has been a wide array of research attempting to explain the relationship between a childs attachment schema with their caregiver and his or her future developmental outcomes, little is known about the intergenerational effects of this relationship. The present study attempts to explain this relationship by assessing whether the attachment style a Mother holds with her caregiver affects the attachment style she chooses to employ with her own child. Furthermore, this study assesses the idea that substantiated childhood sexual abuse may play a mediating factor in this intergenerational transmission of attachment schema. The original participants completed a self-report measure of attachment. Subsequently, their children (n = 23 children) participated in an observational assessment of attachment, specifically the Strange Situation. These assessments were then analyzed using chi-square tests to determine a relationship. The overall aim of the study was to determine a significant relationship between the attachment schema used by a mother-grandmother dyad and the attachment schema used by the following generation. Furthermore, it was hypothesized that those original participants that were both abused and had an insecure attachment schema would be more likely to employ an insecure attachment with their future child. It was also believed that those that were abused and originally had a secure attachment schema would be more likely to employ an insecure attachment with their future child. The implications of these findings are discussed in terms of directions for future research on child sexual abuse and other forms of maltreatment.