Pitzer M S, Hock E
Matern Child Nurs J. 1992 Summer;20(2):65-80.
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to compare maternal separation anxiety by gender of infants and sibling dyad in 40 employed, second-time mothers. Subjects completed two parallel measures of separation anxiety, the Maternal Separation Anxiety. Scale (MSAS) and the Interview-Based Rating Scales (IBRS). The mothers completed the MSAS when the first infant was born and again 2 years later when their second infant was 7 months old (mean age). Following completion of the MSAS (for the second child), the mothers were interviewed and rated on their separation concerns (IBRS) related to both children. No gender differences were noted when t-tests were computed on mothers' MSAS mean scores, but the IBRS revealed that mothers of second-born sons were significantly more anxious about separation (t = 2.01, p < .05) than were mothers of second-born daughters. One-way General Linear Model comparisons of both measures, for the four sibling dyads, revealed significant differences related to the dyad composition. Mothers of girl/girl dyads were significantly more anxious about separation as measured by the MSAS. On the IBRS, mothers of boy/boy dyads were significantly more anxious and mothers of boy/girl dyads were significantly less anxious when compared to mothers of the other dyads.
这项纵向研究的目的是比较40位职业二胎母亲在婴儿性别和兄弟姐妹组合方面的母婴分离焦虑情况。研究对象完成了两项平行的分离焦虑测量，即母婴分离焦虑量表（MSAS）和基于访谈的评定量表（IBRS）。母亲们在第一个婴儿出生时完成了MSAS量表，两年后当她们的第二个婴儿7个月大（平均年龄）时再次完成该量表。在完成MSAS量表（针对第二个孩子）后，对母亲们进行访谈，并根据她们对两个孩子的分离担忧进行评分（IBRS）。对母亲们的MSAS平均得分进行t检验时未发现性别差异，但IBRS显示，二胎儿子的母亲比对二胎女儿的母亲对分离明显更焦虑（t = 2.01，p < .05）。对这两项测量针对四种兄弟姐妹组合进行的单向一般线性模型比较显示，与组合构成有关的显著差异。在MSAS量表测量中，女孩/女孩组合的母亲对分离明显更焦虑。在IBRS量表中，与其他组合的母亲相比，男孩/男孩组合的母亲明显更焦虑，而男孩/女孩组合的母亲明显不那么焦虑。
