Fite Paula J, Greening Leilani, Stoppelbein Laura
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Universityof Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
Behav Sci Law. 2008;26(2):239-48. doi: 10.1002/bsl.803.
Parenting stress was examined as a correlate of psychopathic traits, specifically narcissism, callous/unemotional traits, and impulsivity, among school-aged children while controlling for the variance explained by aggressive behavior. Participants included 212 children ranging from 6 to 12 years of age (M = 8.3 years) who were admitted to an acute child psychiatric inpatient unit for treatment. Parents completed standardized measures of aggression (Child Behavior Checklist; CBCL), psychopathic traits (Antisocial Process Screening Device; APSD), and parenting stress (Parenting Stress Index; PSI) at the time of the child's admission. Multiple regression analyses revealed that high levels of the PSI dimension attachment difficulties were associated with high levels of narcissism and callous/unemotional traits among the children while statistically controlling for aggression. The PSI dimension role restriction was also found to be negatively related to narcissism. These findings suggest that specific aspects of parenting stress may be related to child psychopathic traits and might aid with conceptualizing and developing treatment approaches for childhood behavior problems.
在控制攻击行为所解释的方差的同时，对学龄儿童的养育压力作为精神病态特质（特别是自恋、冷酷/无情特质和冲动性）的一个相关因素进行了研究。参与者包括212名6至12岁（平均年龄8.3岁）的儿童，他们因治疗而入住一家急性儿童精神科住院部。父母在孩子入院时完成了攻击行为（儿童行为检查表；CBCL）、精神病态特质（反社会过程筛查工具；APSD）和养育压力（养育压力指数；PSI）的标准化测量。多元回归分析显示，在对攻击行为进行统计控制时，PSI维度中依恋困难程度高与儿童中自恋和冷酷/无情特质的高水平相关。还发现PSI维度角色限制与自恋呈负相关。这些发现表明，养育压力的特定方面可能与儿童精神病态特质有关，并且可能有助于为儿童行为问题构思和制定治疗方法。
