University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
J Interpers Violence. 2010 Aug;25(8):1542-60. doi: 10.1177/0886260509354582. Epub 2010 Jan 7.
The objective of this study was to explore the existence and, if so, the nature of the association between parental use of psychological aggression and psychological maladjustment in a 12-year-old Sri Lankan school population. A stratified random sampling technique was used to select 1,226 children from Colombo district schools. Three instruments, validated in the Sri Lankan context, were used to collect data on children's experience of psychological aggression, its psychological outcomes, and psychosocial correlates. The annual prevalence of psychological aggression reported by the study sample was 75%. A predictive model for psychological outcomes was examined. The experience of psychological aggression was shown to be moderately, but directly and significantly, associated with psychological maladjustment in children. This association was mediated by non-parentto-child violence-the child's knowledge of violence between the parents, experience of teacher violence, exposure to peer violence, and violence in the child's community. However, the child's report of a nurturant parent-child relationship did not impact on the association between psychological aggression and psychological maladjustment. The study also indicated that greater the child's experience of non-parent-to-child violence, the greater is his/her own level of hostility and aggression. These findings show that although many Sri Lankan parents use psychological aggression it has negative consequences for their children.
本研究旨在探讨在斯里兰卡 12 岁的学校人群中，父母使用心理攻击与心理失调之间是否存在关联，如果存在，这种关联的性质如何。采用分层随机抽样技术从科伦坡地区的学校中选取了 1226 名儿童。本研究使用了三种在斯里兰卡经过验证的工具，收集了有关儿童经历心理攻击、心理后果及其心理社会相关因素的数据。研究样本报告的心理攻击年患病率为 75%。检验了预测心理后果的模型。研究表明，儿童经历心理攻击与心理失调之间存在中度但直接且显著的关联。这种关联是由非亲子间暴力——儿童对父母之间暴力、遭受教师暴力、接触同伴暴力和儿童所在社区暴力的了解——所介导的。然而，儿童对养育型亲子关系的报告并没有影响心理攻击与心理失调之间的关联。研究还表明，儿童经历的非亲子间暴力越多，其自身的敌意和攻击性就越强。这些发现表明，尽管许多斯里兰卡父母使用心理攻击，但这对他们的孩子会产生负面影响。
