School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK.
Br J Clin Psychol. 2012 Sep;51(3):307-22. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.2011.02029.x. Epub 2012 Feb 7.
This study investigates worrying in mothers of adolescents with internalizing disorders, and tests the hypothesis that these mothers will produce a greater number of worries with higher catastrophic content compared to control groups.
Differences in worry steps and in catastrophic content of worries were investigated in a cross-sectional, between groups design, employing a clinical internalizing group, a clinical control, and a non-referred control group.
Twenty-five mothers of adolescents with internalizing disorders, 24 mothers of adolescents with externalizing disorders, and 28 mothers with non-referred adolescents participated in two interviews about their 'real' pre-existing worries and their worries in response to a hypothetical situation.
The internalizing group produced both a greater number of worry steps and a higher catastrophic content when they talked about their 'real' worries, compared to both control groups. They also produced a greater number of worry steps in response to a hypothetical situation compared to the other two groups. The number of worry steps and the level of catastrophic content of 'real' worries were associated with adolescent depression and anxiety. Additionally, the number of worry steps and the level of catastrophic content of worries in response to a hypothetical situation were related to adolescent depression. The number of worry steps in 'real' worries and the level of catastrophic content in hypothetical worries were also associated with maternal depressive symptoms.
Mothers of adolescents with internalizing disorders may worry more catastrophically about their children than other mothers.
本研究调查了青少年内化障碍母亲的担忧情况，并验证了这些母亲比对照组会产生更多担忧且担忧内容更具灾难性的假设。
本研究采用横断面、组间设计，对担忧步骤的差异和担忧内容的灾难性进行了研究，采用了临床内化组、临床对照组和非转诊对照组。
25 名青少年内化障碍母亲、24 名青少年外化障碍母亲和 28 名非转诊青少年母亲参加了两次访谈，内容是关于他们“真实”的预先存在的担忧和对假设情况的担忧。
与对照组相比，内化组在谈论“真实”担忧时产生了更多的担忧步骤和更高的灾难性内容；与其他两组相比，他们在假设情况下也产生了更多的担忧步骤。“真实”担忧的担忧步骤数量和灾难性内容水平与青少年抑郁和焦虑有关。此外，对假设情况的担忧步骤数量和灾难性内容水平与青少年抑郁有关。“真实”担忧的担忧步骤数量和假设担忧的灾难性内容水平也与母亲的抑郁症状有关。
青少年内化障碍母亲可能比其他母亲更灾难性地担忧自己的孩子。
