Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Child Maltreat. 2010 Nov;15(4):305-14. doi: 10.1177/1077559510379634. Epub 2010 Aug 19.
Neglected children may be at increased risk for depressive symptoms. This study examines shame-proneness as an outcome of child neglect and as a potential explanatory variable in the relation between neglect and depressive symptoms. Participants were 111 children (52 with a Child Protective Services [CPS] allegation of neglect) seen at age 7. Neglected children reported more shame-proneness and more depressive symptoms than comparison children. Guilt-proneness, in contrast, was unrelated to neglect and depressive symptoms, indicating specificity for shame-proneness. The potential role of shame as a process variable that can help explain how some neglected children exhibit depressive symptoms is discussed.
被忽视的儿童可能面临更高的抑郁症状风险。本研究探讨了羞耻易感性作为儿童忽视的结果,以及作为忽视与抑郁症状之间关系的潜在解释变量。参与者为 111 名儿童(52 名被儿童保护服务机构指控忽视),年龄在 7 岁时接受了评估。与对照组儿童相比,被忽视的儿童报告了更多的羞耻易感性和更多的抑郁症状。相比之下,内疚易感性与忽视和抑郁症状无关,表明羞耻易感性具有特异性。讨论了羞耻作为一个潜在的过程变量的作用,它可以帮助解释为什么一些被忽视的儿童表现出抑郁症状。