Cole Pamela M, Teti Laureen O, Zahn-Waxler Carolyn
Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802, USA.
Dev Psychopathol. 2003 Winter;15(1):1-18.
Mutual regulation of anger plays a role in both healthy adjustment and mental health problems. This study of 85 preschooler boys and girls examined mother-preschooler anger regulation during a frustration in relation to the child's preschool and school age problem status. Less mutual positive emotion, more mutual anger, and more emotional mismatches than other dyads characterized dyads with a stable conduct problem child. Maternal emotion predicted school age conduct problems, particularly for boys. Maternal emotion also predicted stability versus improvement of symptoms. The emotional dynamics of mother-preschooler angry exchanges may redirect girls' conduct problems and may contribute to the stability of boys' conduct problems.
愤怒的相互调节在健康适应和心理健康问题中都发挥着作用。这项针对85名学龄前男孩和女孩的研究，考察了在挫折情境下母亲与学龄前儿童的愤怒调节情况，并将其与孩子在学龄前和学龄期的问题状况相关联。与其他二元组相比，那些有行为问题且状况稳定的孩子所构成的二元组，其相互间的积极情绪更少、愤怒更多，且情绪不匹配情况更多。母亲的情绪能够预测孩子学龄期的行为问题，对男孩的预测作用尤为明显。母亲的情绪还能预测症状的稳定性或改善情况。母亲与学龄前儿童愤怒交流中的情绪动态，可能会使女孩的行为问题转向，也可能导致男孩行为问题的持续。
