Relationships between maternal adverse childhood experiences, socioeconomic status and quality of maternal touch during a mother-infant interaction.

• Grant number: 24/19345-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: November 01, 2024
• End date: October 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Human Development Psychology
• Principal Investigator: Ana Alexandra Caldas Osório
• Grantee: Valentina Franco Gomes
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (UPM). Instituto Presbiteriano Mackenzie. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 21/06693-4 - The importance of social touch for infant social-emotional development: integrating neuroimaging, psychophysiological, endocrine, and behavioral evidence, AP.JP2

Abstract

Social-economic vulnerability and adverse childhood experiences (ACE) are considered important risk factors for lifetime physical and mental health problems (Suglia et al.,2022). However, the links between Social Economic Status (SES) and ACE is worthy of further analysis. This work aims to contribute to the topic by analyzing the associations between maternal history of adverse childhood experiences and current social-economic status.