George Melissa Rw, Koss Kalsea J, McCoy Kathleen P, Cummings E Mark, Davies Patrick T
Adv Sch Ment Health Promot. 2011 Oct;3(4):51-62. doi: 10.1080/1754730x.2010.9715691.
The importance of family relations in children's adjustment has been established, but questions remain about the contexts that account for these associations. Examining children's reactions to family stress holds promise for advancing our understanding of the relations between attachment and school-related outcomes. The present study examined children's attachment, basal cortisol, and emotional reactions in 235 community families, to understand contributions to children's attitudes to school and scholastic competence. Children's attachment security and normative basal cortisol both contributed to positive school outcomes, while insecurity in the context of low or high cortisol and emotional distress related negatively. Findings highlight the importance of examining stress in family contexts to advance the understanding of children's school functioning, with implications for school mental health interventions.
家庭关系在儿童适应过程中的重要性已得到确认，但对于解释这些关联的背景因素仍存在疑问。研究儿童对家庭压力的反应有望增进我们对依恋与学校相关成果之间关系的理解。本研究调查了235个社区家庭中儿童的依恋、基础皮质醇水平和情绪反应，以了解这些因素对儿童学校态度和学业能力的影响。儿童的依恋安全性和正常基础皮质醇水平均对积极的学校成果有促进作用，而在皮质醇水平低或高的情况下的不安全感以及情绪困扰则呈负相关。研究结果凸显了在家庭背景中考察压力对于增进对儿童学校功能的理解的重要性，这对学校心理健康干预具有启示意义。
