Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Child Dev. 2010 Jan-Feb;81(1):326-39. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01397.x.
In keeping with proposals emphasizing the role of early experience in infant brain development, this study investigated the prospective links between quality of parent-infant interactions and subsequent child executive functioning (EF), including working memory, impulse control, and set shifting. Maternal sensitivity, mind-mindedness and autonomy support were assessed when children were 12 to 15 months old (N = 80). Child EF was assessed at 18 and 26 months. All three parenting dimensions were found to relate to child EF. Autonomy support was the strongest predictor of EF at each age, independent of general cognitive ability and maternal education. These findings add to previous results on child stress-response systems in suggesting that parent-child relationships may play an important role in children's developing self-regulatory capacities.
本研究旨在探讨亲子互动质量与儿童后续执行功能（EF）之间的前瞻性联系，包括工作记忆、冲动控制和思维转换。在婴儿 12 至 15 个月大时（N=80），评估了母亲的敏感性、心理理论和自主支持。在 18 个月和 26 个月时评估了儿童的 EF。研究发现，所有这三个教养维度都与儿童 EF 有关。自主支持是每个年龄阶段 EF 的最强预测指标，独立于一般认知能力和母亲教育水平。这些发现与之前关于儿童应激反应系统的研究结果一致，表明亲子关系可能在儿童自我调节能力的发展中发挥重要作用。
