Mah Janet W T, Johnston Charlotte
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada,
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2007 Aug;38(2):135-53. doi: 10.1007/s10578-007-0047-8. Epub 2007 Feb 27.
The attributions made by Chinese immigrant (n = 28) and Euro-Canadian (n = 27) mothers of 5- to 9-year-old boys regarding the causes of child prosocial and problem behaviors exhibited by children with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were investigated. Mothers' attributions were elicited using audio-taped scenarios of child behavior. In one-half of the scenarios, the child was described as having ADHD. All mothers attributed less responsibility to the child or to the parent for problem behaviors when the child was described as having ADHD than when the child was described as not having a behavior disorder. Mothers also attributed prosocial child behaviors and the behavior of children without ADHD more to parental factors. In comparison to Euro-Canadian mothers, Chinese immigrant mothers saw children as less responsible for prosocial behavior. Mothers also completed a measure of beliefs about ADHD. Although there were some subtle cultural differences in these beliefs, mothers from both cultural groups endorsed generally accurate beliefs about ADHD. Implications for understanding the cultural uniqueness and similarities of maternal attitudes regarding child behavior and ADHD are discussed.
本研究调查了华裔移民母亲（n = 28）和欧裔加拿大母亲（n = 27）对5至9岁男孩亲社会行为和问题行为原因的归因，这些行为表现于患有和未患有注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）的儿童身上。母亲们的归因是通过儿童行为的录音场景来引出的。在一半的场景中，孩子被描述为患有ADHD。与被描述为没有行为障碍的孩子相比，所有母亲都认为，当孩子被描述为患有ADHD时，孩子或父母对问题行为的责任更小。母亲们还将亲社会的儿童行为以及没有ADHD的儿童行为更多地归因于父母因素。与欧裔加拿大母亲相比，华裔移民母亲认为孩子对亲社会行为的责任更小。母亲们还完成了一项关于ADHD信念的测量。尽管在这些信念上存在一些细微的文化差异，但两个文化群体的母亲都认可了关于ADHD的大致准确的信念。本文讨论了理解母亲对儿童行为和ADHD态度的文化独特性和相似性的意义。
