Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, USA.
J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2011 Sep;72(5):711-22. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2011.72.711.
Marital aggression plays an important role in relations between parental problem drinking and child maladjustment. The purpose of the current study was to apply emotional security theory as a framework for understanding the role of marital aggression.
A community sample of 235 children in kindergarten participated once a year for 3 years. Parents completed measures of parental problem drinking and marital aggression, and children were interviewed about their emotional security reactions to marital conflict vignettes.
Greater parental problem drinking was directly associated with children's more negative emotional reactions to conflict. Maternal problem drinking predicted increased sad reactions and negative expectations for the future. Paternal problem drinking predicted increases in child anger reactions and negative expectations for the future. Parental problem drinking was also indirectly associated with child reactions via marital aggression.
Results confirmed hypotheses that parental problem drinking would be related to child emotional insecurity and that associations would be indirect via greater marital conflict. Findings are interpreted in terms of emotional security theory as a framework for understanding the effects of parental problem drinking on marital aggression and child development.
婚姻攻击在父母酗酒问题和儿童适应不良之间的关系中起着重要作用。本研究的目的是应用情感安全理论作为理解婚姻攻击作用的框架。
对幼儿园的 235 名儿童进行了为期 3 年的年度调查。父母完成了父母酗酒问题和婚姻攻击的测量,儿童则对婚姻冲突片段中的情感安全反应进行了访谈。
父母酗酒问题越严重,儿童对冲突的负面情绪反应就越强烈。母亲酗酒问题预示着悲伤反应和对未来的消极预期增加。父亲酗酒问题预示着孩子的愤怒反应和对未来的消极预期增加。父母酗酒问题也通过婚姻攻击与儿童反应间接相关。
研究结果证实了以下假设,即父母酗酒问题与儿童情感不安全感有关,而这种关联是通过更大的婚姻冲突间接产生的。研究结果从情感安全理论的角度解释了父母酗酒问题对婚姻攻击和儿童发展的影响。