Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2010 May;51(5):621-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02132.x. Epub 2009 Sep 24.
Children's representations of mothers in doll-play are associated with child adjustment. Despite the importance of fathers for children's adjustment, especially in the context of maternal psychopathology, few studies have considered children's representations of their fathers.
We examined the portrayal of fathers by 5-year-old children of depressed (N = 55) and non-depressed (N = 39) mothers in a doll-play procedure concerning family experience.
Children gave equal prominence in their play to mothers and fathers. Representations of fathers were unrelated to maternal mood, but were associated with parental conflict. Representations of child care for the father that was unreciprocated predicted poor child adjustment in school, but only in children exposed to maternal postnatal depression.
It may be clinically useful to consider children's distinctive representations of their mother and father; but the concept of parentification in relation to risk and resilience effects requires refinement.
儿童在玩偶游戏中对母亲的表现与儿童的适应能力有关。尽管父亲对孩子的适应能力很重要，尤其是在母亲心理病理学的背景下，但很少有研究考虑孩子对父亲的表现。
我们通过一项有关家庭经历的玩偶游戏程序，考察了抑郁（N=55）和非抑郁（N=39）母亲的 5 岁儿童对父亲的描绘。
孩子们在游戏中平等地突出母亲和父亲。对父亲的表现与母亲的情绪无关，但与父母冲突有关。对父亲的照顾表示，孩子没有得到回应，这预示着孩子在学校的适应不良，但只有在孩子暴露于产后抑郁的母亲中才会出现这种情况。
考虑孩子对其母亲和父亲的独特表现可能在临床上有用；但是，与风险和恢复力效应有关的父母化概念需要进一步细化。
