Friedman Deborah, Holmbeck Grayson N, Jandasek Barbara, Zukerman Jill, Abad Mona
Department of Psychology, Loyola University Chicago, 6525 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60626, USA.
J Fam Psychol. 2004 Dec;18(4):609-19. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.18.4.609.
The purpose of this study was to test a strength-of-association model regarding possible longitudinal and bidirectional associations between parent functioning and child adjustment in families of children with spina bifida (n = 68) and families of able-bodied children (n = 68). Parent functioning was assessed across 3 domains: parenting stress, individual psychosocial adjustment, and marital satisfaction. Child adjustment was indexed by teacher-reported internalizing and externalizing symptoms, self-reported depressive symptoms, and observed adaptive behavior. Findings revealed that all 3 parent functioning variables predicted child adjustment outcomes, and that such results were particularly strong for externalizing symptoms. Associations between parent functioning and child adjustment tended to be in the direction of parent to child and were similar across both groups. These findings have implications for potential interventions targeted at helping families manage the transition into early adolescence in families of children with spina bifida as well as families of healthy children.
本研究的目的是检验一个关联强度模型，该模型涉及脊柱裂患儿家庭（n = 68）和健全儿童家庭（n = 68）中父母功能与儿童适应之间可能存在的纵向和双向关联。从三个领域评估父母功能：养育压力、个体心理社会适应和婚姻满意度。儿童适应通过教师报告的内化和外化症状、自我报告的抑郁症状以及观察到的适应性行为来衡量。研究结果显示，所有三个父母功能变量都能预测儿童适应结果，而且对于外化症状而言，这些结果尤为显著。父母功能与儿童适应之间的关联往往是从父母指向儿童的方向，且两组情况相似。这些发现对于旨在帮助脊柱裂患儿家庭以及健康儿童家庭应对向青春期早期过渡的潜在干预措施具有启示意义。
