Goh Esther C L, Hsu Stephen Chin-Ying
Department of Social Work, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Pediatr Dent. 2013 Jan-Feb;35(1):1-7.
The purpose of this study was to examine bilateral dynamics between parents and children in influencing children's tooth-brushing behaviors.
In-depth conversational interviews-a specific qualitative method-were conducted with 38 parents in urban Xiamen, China and Singapore to learn insights into parental strategies for encouraging tooth-brushing habits in 6- to 9-year-old children. The interviews also examined the range of responses from children toward these parental strategies.
Children usually do not comply with these tooth-brushing instructions from parents without a process of negotiation. Children's responses ranged from active resistant to compliant. Parents in Xiamen tended to use softer strategies and were more prone to be emotionally and behaviorally influenced by children's effort to thwart these strategies. Conversely, Singapore parents tended to demonstrate greater tenacity in negotiating with children.
The process of developing children's tooth-brushing habits is not a unilateral from-parent-to-children process. Instead, it should be conceptualized as an ongoing interaction with bilateral power of influence from both parties.
本研究旨在探讨父母与子女之间在影响儿童刷牙行为方面的双边动态关系。
采用深入对话访谈这一特定的定性方法，对中国厦门市区和新加坡的38位父母进行了访谈，以深入了解父母鼓励6至9岁儿童养成刷牙习惯的策略。访谈还考察了儿童对这些父母策略的一系列反应。
儿童通常不会未经协商就遵守父母的这些刷牙指示。儿童的反应从积极抗拒到顺从不等。厦门的父母倾向于采用较温和的策略，并且在情感和行为上更容易受到儿童抵制这些策略的努力的影响。相反，新加坡的父母在与孩子协商时往往表现出更大的韧性。
培养儿童刷牙习惯的过程不是一个从父母到孩子的单向过程。相反，它应被理解为双方具有双向影响力的持续互动。
