Lindsey Eric W, MacKinnon-Lewis Carol, Campbell Jessica, Frabutt James M, Lamb Michael E
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, P.O. Box 41162, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1162, USA.
J Fam Psychol. 2002 Dec;16(4):466-77. doi: 10.1037//0893-3200.16.4.466.
This study examined the role of mother-son emotional reciprocity in connections between marital conflict and the quality of boys' peer relationships. Parents from 84 intact families with preadolescent boys reported on the level of conflict in their marital relationship. Observations of mother-son interaction were coded for emotional reciprocity, and assessments of boys' peer relationships were obtained from both teachers and classmates. No direct connection between marital conflict and boys' peer relationships was observed. Rather, marital conflict affected boys' social competence indirectly, through its effect on the emotions expressed between mother and son. The findings support the proposal that emotional processes play an important role in connections between marital conflict and children's peer relationships and suggest that family emotional expressiveness deserves greater attention in both research and intervention.
本研究考察了母子情感互惠在婚姻冲突与男孩同伴关系质量之间的联系中所起的作用。来自84个有青春期前男孩的完整家庭的父母报告了他们婚姻关系中的冲突程度。对母子互动的观察进行了情感互惠编码，并且从教师和同学那里获得了对男孩同伴关系的评估。未观察到婚姻冲突与男孩同伴关系之间有直接联系。相反，婚姻冲突通过对母子间表达的情感产生影响，间接影响了男孩的社交能力。这些发现支持了情感过程在婚姻冲突与儿童同伴关系之间的联系中起重要作用这一观点，并表明家庭情感表达在研究和干预中都值得更多关注。
