Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2011 Oct;42(5):507-20. doi: 10.1007/s10578-011-0223-8.
This study examined the intergenerational transmission of psychopathology symptoms with 7-12 year-old children (N = 97; 44 boys, 53 girls, M age = 9.14, SD = 1.38) and their mothers (M age = 38.46, SD = 6.86). Child emotion regulation mediated the links between maternal psychopathology and child internalizing and externalizing symptoms. In turn, the indirect effect was dependent on the level of maternal support in response to youth's expressions of negative emotions when considering particular constellations of maternal reactions and type of psychopathology symptoms. The findings indicate that the relations between maternal and child psychopathology symptoms and child emotion regulation are complex and vary by context. Regardless of the complexity, however, for both internalizing and externalizing symptoms in youth, the results suggest that building adaptive emotion regulation skills is an important target for prevention among children who are at risk for problems due to exposure to maternal psychopathology.
本研究考察了 7-12 岁儿童（N=97；44 名男孩，53 名女孩，M 年龄=9.14，SD=1.38）及其母亲（M 年龄=38.46，SD=6.86）之间精神病理学症状的代际传递。儿童情绪调节中介了母亲精神病理学与儿童内化和外化症状之间的联系。反过来，当考虑到特定的母亲反应模式和精神病理学症状类型时，间接效应取决于母亲对青少年表达负面情绪时的支持程度。研究结果表明，母亲和儿童精神病理学症状与儿童情绪调节之间的关系是复杂的，并且因情境而异。然而，无论复杂性如何，对于青少年的内化和外化症状，结果表明，对于因暴露于母亲精神病理学而面临问题风险的儿童，培养适应性情绪调节技能是预防的一个重要目标。
