Lutz Wilma J, Hock Ellen, Kang Min Ju
Ohio Department of Mental Health, Office of Program Evaluation & Research, Columbus, OH, USA.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2007 Jan;77(1):86-94. doi: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.1.86.
This study documents the importance of emotional openness to the recovery process in families following traumatic events. In this longitudinal study, relationships are examined between emotional openness and parents' psychological attributes, and mothers' and children's open disclosure of feelings. After September 11, 2001, 48 mothers and their 11-year-old children were interviewed about their reactions to the terrorist attacks. Measures included interview-based scores of children's and mothers' degree of openness, mothers' openness assessed during pregnancy and infancy, and parental depression and anxiety in close relationships. Emotional openness is a stable and reliably measured construct. Mothers' emotional openness was significantly related to earlier assessments of openness, indicators of their own and their spouse's emotional health, and their children's open expression of emotion about the terrorist attacks.
本研究记录了情感开放性对创伤事件后家庭恢复过程的重要性。在这项纵向研究中，研究了情感开放性与父母心理特征之间的关系，以及母亲和孩子对情感的公开表露。2001年9月11日之后，对48位母亲及其11岁的孩子进行了访谈，询问他们对恐怖袭击的反应。测量指标包括基于访谈得出的孩子和母亲的开放程度得分、孕期和婴儿期评估的母亲开放性，以及亲密关系中父母的抑郁和焦虑情况。情感开放性是一个稳定且测量可靠的结构。母亲的情感开放性与早期的开放性评估、她们自身和配偶的情感健康指标，以及孩子对恐怖袭击情感的公开表达显著相关。
