Hall L A, Gurley D N, Sachs B, Kryscio R J
Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Nurs Res. 1991 Jul-Aug;40(4):214-20.
The purposes of the study were to identify psychosocial predictors of depressive symptoms among low-income, single mothers and to investigate the effects of maternal psychosocial factors, depressive symptoms, and parenting attitudes on children's behavior. In-home interviews were conducted with 225 mothers to obtain data on their everyday stressors, coping strategies, social resources, depressive symptoms, and parenting attitudes, as well as reports of their children's behavior. High depressive symptoms occurred among 59.6% of the women. Higher depressive symptoms were associated with greater everyday stressors, fewer social resources, and greater use of avoidance coping. Neither social resources nor coping strategies buffered the relationship between everyday stressors and depressive symptoms. Maternal depressive symptoms predicted parenting attitudes. Parenting attitudes, in turn, predicted child behavior. These findings suggest that depressive symptoms are indirectly associated with mothers' reports of child behavior through their influence on parenting attitudes.
该研究的目的是确定低收入单身母亲抑郁症状的心理社会预测因素，并调查母亲的心理社会因素、抑郁症状和育儿态度对儿童行为的影响。对225名母亲进行了家庭访谈，以获取有关她们日常压力源、应对策略、社会资源、抑郁症状和育儿态度的数据，以及她们孩子行为的报告。59.6%的女性出现了高度抑郁症状。较高的抑郁症状与更多的日常压力源、更少的社会资源以及更多地使用回避应对方式有关。社会资源和应对策略都没有缓冲日常压力源与抑郁症状之间的关系。母亲的抑郁症状预测了育儿态度。反过来，育儿态度又预测了孩子的行为。这些发现表明，抑郁症状通过对育儿态度的影响与母亲报告的孩子行为间接相关。
