Tsai Kim M, Telzer Eva H, Gonzales Nancy A, Fuligni Andrew J
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
J Marriage Fam. 2013 Aug;75(4):964-980. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12035.
Although children's provision of family assistance is a common routine, little is understood about the day-to-day variability that may exist in children's assistance behaviors. Guided by a family systems framework, the current study examined whether Mexican American adolescents' provision of family assistance was contingent on daily maternal need. Adolescents ( = 354, 49% males, = 14.96 years) and their mothers ( = 41.55 years) each completed reports on 14 consecutive days. The results indicated that adolescents generally responded to maternal need, being more likely to help their families on days when their mothers worked or felt fatigued. This daily contingency was modified by family and adolescent characteristics, with adolescents thought to generally engage in low levels of assistance (i.e., youngest males and those in families with little economic strain) increasing their help when their mothers were fatigued. In contrast, daily maternal work did not appear to stimulate greater assistance among families with low levels of economic strain.
尽管儿童提供家庭帮助是一种常见的日常行为，但对于儿童帮助行为中可能存在的日常变化却知之甚少。在家庭系统框架的指导下，本研究考察了墨西哥裔美国青少年提供家庭帮助是否取决于母亲的日常需求。青少年（n = 354，49%为男性，平均年龄 = 14.96岁）及其母亲（平均年龄 = 41.55岁）连续14天每天都完成报告。结果表明，青少年通常会对母亲的需求做出反应，在母亲工作或感到疲劳的日子里更有可能帮助家人。这种日常的偶然性会因家庭和青少年的特征而有所改变，那些被认为通常提供低水平帮助的青少年（即最年幼的男性以及经济压力较小家庭中的青少年）在母亲疲劳时会增加帮助。相比之下，母亲日常工作似乎并未促使经济压力较小家庭中的青少年提供更多帮助。
