Clark L A, Kochanska G, Ready R
Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2000 Aug;79(2):274-85. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.79.2.274.
In this longitudinal, multimethod investigation, the authors examined mothers' personality and its interaction with infants' negative emotionality as predictors of parenting behavior. When infants were 8-10 months old (N = 112), mothers completed personality self-reports, and the authors observed infants' negative emotionality in both standard procedures and naturalistic daily contexts. When infants were 13-15 months old (N = 108), the authors observed two aspects of parenting, power assertion and maternal responsiveness, in mother-child interactive contexts. Maternal personality alone and also in interaction with child emotionality predicted future parenting behaviors. The longitudinal links established between personality and parenting behaviors indicate the predictive utility of personality. Findings also highlight the bidirectionality of the early parent-child relationship.
在这项纵向、多方法的调查中，作者考察了母亲的个性及其与婴儿消极情绪的相互作用，将其作为养育行为的预测因素。当婴儿8至10个月大时（N = 112），母亲完成个性自评，作者在标准程序和自然日常情境中观察婴儿的消极情绪。当婴儿13至15个月大时（N = 108），作者在母婴互动情境中观察养育的两个方面，即强制和母亲反应性。母亲的个性单独以及与孩子情绪的相互作用都能预测未来的养育行为。个性与养育行为之间建立的纵向联系表明了个性的预测效用。研究结果还突出了早期亲子关系的双向性。
