title: Emotional reactivity to network stress in middle and late adulthood: the role of childhood parental emotional abuse and support.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined whether recalled childhood parental emotional abuse and support were associated with emotional reactivity to network stress among middle-aged and older adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hypotheses were tested by performing 2-level multilevel modeling analysis on 787 participants aged 33-83 who participated in the Daily Stress Project (2004-2009).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Adult daughters who recalled more childhood emotional abuse from their mother reported a higher average level of daily emotional distress nearly a decade later. The association between network stress and emotional distress was only significant among adult daughters. This emotional reactivity was attenuated by greater childhood emotional support from mothers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Recalled childhood mother-child relationship continues to influence stress and coping across the lifespan, especially among women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, The Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. cpoon@nebraskamed.com
authors.forename: Cecilia Y M
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Poon
authors.forename: Bob G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Knight
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D009769:Object Attachment; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D057566:Self Report; D012737:Sex Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States