Tichovolsky Marianne H, Arnold David H, Baker Courtney N
University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Tulane University.
J Appl Dev Psychol. 2013 Nov 1;34(6). doi: 10.1016/j.appdev.2013.09.001.
The present study examined whether ineffective discipline, single parent status, social support, parent involvement, and parent depression predicted changes in preschoolers' ( = 129) behavior problems. This study also evaluated whether child sex and ethnicity moderated the relationships between these variables and changes in problem behavior. Parents completed questionnaires at the beginning of the study, and parent, teacher, and observational ratings of children's behavior problems were collected twice during the school year. Parents' own social support predicted improvement for boys and parent depression was associated with worsening symptoms for girls. Single parenthood and parent involvement predicted changes in behavior problems for the sample as a whole. Several significant ethnic differences emerged, highlighting the importance of considering cultural context in studies of parenting and child externalizing behavior.
本研究考察了无效管教、单亲状况、社会支持、家长参与度以及家长抑郁情绪是否能够预测129名学龄前儿童行为问题的变化。本研究还评估了儿童性别和种族是否会调节这些变量与问题行为变化之间的关系。在研究开始时，家长们填写了问卷，并且在学年期间两次收集了家长、教师对儿童行为问题的评分以及观察评分。家长自身的社会支持预示着男孩的行为会有所改善，而家长抑郁情绪与女孩症状恶化有关。单亲家庭状况和家长参与度预示着整个样本行为问题的变化。出现了几个显著的种族差异，凸显了在育儿和儿童外化行为研究中考虑文化背景的重要性。
