Alexander D, White M, Powell G
Child Health Care. 1986 Summer;15(1):14-20. doi: 10.1207/s15326888chc1501_3.
This study examined levels of anxiety in 51 parents who did not room in with their young hospitalized children. The Spielberger State-Trait Inventory was used to measure parental anxiety twice, with a 3-day interval. Levels of anxiety were significantly higher in parents with a greater number of children at home, less education, and lower social status. Findings of clinical significance were: the longer the child's hospitalization the more anxious parents became, especially if there were children at home; hospitalization of a child was more stressful for fathers because they maintain lower trait anxiety than mothers; and as parental visits to their hospitalized child decreased, parental anxiety levels increased.
本研究调查了51位未与住院幼童同住一室的家长的焦虑水平。使用斯皮尔伯格状态-特质焦虑量表对家长的焦虑水平进行了两次测量，间隔为3天。家中孩子数量较多、受教育程度较低且社会地位较低的家长，其焦虑水平显著更高。具有临床意义的发现有：孩子住院时间越长，家长就越焦虑，尤其是家中还有其他孩子时；孩子住院对父亲造成的压力更大，因为他们的特质焦虑水平低于母亲；而且随着家长探望住院孩子的次数减少，家长的焦虑水平会升高。
