McCarty Carolyn A, McMahon Robert J
University of Washington, Child Health Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Seattle, WA 98195-4920, USA.
J Fam Psychol. 2003 Dec;17(4):545-56. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.17.4.545.
Drawing on a normative sample of 224 youth and their biological mothers, this study tested 4 family variables as potential mediators of the relationship between maternal depressive symptoms in early childhood and child psychological outcomes in preadolescence. The mediators examined included mother-child communication, the quality of the mother-child relationship, maternal social support, and stressful life events in the family. The most parsimonious structural equation model suggested that having a more problematic mother-child relationship mediated disruptive behavior-disordered outcomes for youths, whereas less maternal social support mediated the development of internalizing disorders. Gender and race were tested as moderators, but significant model differences did not emerge between boys and girls or between African American and Caucasian youths.
本研究以224名青少年及其亲生母亲的标准化样本为基础，检验了4个家庭变量，作为幼儿期母亲抑郁症状与青春期前儿童心理结果之间关系的潜在中介变量。所考察的中介变量包括母子沟通、母子关系质量、母亲的社会支持以及家庭中的应激生活事件。最简约的结构方程模型表明，母子关系问题较多会介导青少年的破坏性行为障碍结果，而母亲的社会支持较少会介导内化障碍的发展。将性别和种族作为调节变量进行了检验，但在男孩与女孩之间或非裔美国青少年与白人青少年之间并未出现显著的模型差异。
