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Intergenerational Trauma

Transmission of trauma effects across generations via epigenetic, attachment, and social pathways — the descendants of survivors carry measurable risk.

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Intergenerational (Transgenerational) Trauma
Mechanisms of Trauma Transmission Across Generations Intergenerational trauma, also termed transgenerational trauma, describes how the psychological impacts of traumatic events are transmitted from one generation to another. Rather than experiencing the trauma firsthand, subsequent generations inherit the trauma's psychological, emotional, and physiological consequences through indirect but consequential mechanisms (Yehuda & Lehrner, 2018). Key mechanisms of