Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2012 Feb;43(1):102-12. doi: 10.1007/s10578-011-0248-z.
Previous research has shown that maternal overcontrol is related to higher levels of child anxiety. It has been theorized, though not empirically tested, that maternal overcontrol decreases child perceived competence and mastery, which increases child anxiety. The present study investigated this theory using a sample of 89 mother-child dyads (children aged 6-13, 84.3% Caucasian, 6.7% African American, and 51.7% male). After statistically controlling for maternal anxiety level, child perceived competence was shown to partially mediate the relationship between maternal overcontrol and child anxiety. Though current findings are based on cross sectional data, they suggest multiple pathways through which maternal overcontrol impacts child anxiety. One pathway, described in theoretical models, posits that greater levels of parental control reduce children's opportunities to acquire appropriate developmental skills, lowering their perceived competence, and thus increasing their anxiety. Implications of these findings and directions for future research are discussed.
先前的研究表明，母亲过度控制与儿童焦虑水平较高有关。尽管没有经过实证检验，但有理论认为，母亲过度控制会降低儿童的感知能力和掌握能力，从而增加儿童的焦虑。本研究使用了 89 对母子（年龄在 6-13 岁之间，84.3%为白种人，6.7%为非裔美国人，51.7%为男性）的样本来验证这一理论。在对母亲焦虑水平进行统计控制后，研究表明，儿童的感知能力在一定程度上中介了母亲过度控制与儿童焦虑之间的关系。尽管目前的研究结果基于横断面数据，但它们表明了母亲过度控制影响儿童焦虑的多种途径。一种途径是，理论模型认为，父母控制水平的提高会减少孩子获得适当发展技能的机会，降低他们的感知能力，从而增加他们的焦虑。讨论了这些发现的意义和未来研究的方向。
