Moran Lyndsey R, Lengua Liliana J, Zalewski Maureen
University of Washington.
Soc Dev. 2013 May;22(2):340-362. doi: 10.1111/sode.12025.
Interactions between reactive and regulatory dimensions of temperament may be particularly relevant to children's adjustment but are examined infrequently. This study investigated these interactions by examining effortful control as a moderator of the relations of fear and frustration reactivity to children's social competence, internalizing, and externalizing problems. Participants included 306 three-year-old children and their mothers. Children's effortful control was measured using observational measures, and reactivity was assessed with both observational and mother-reported measures. Mothers reported on children's adjustment. Significant interactions indicated that children with higher mother-reported fear or higher observed frustration and lower executive control showed higher externalizing problems whereas children with higher observed fear and higher delay ability demonstrated lower externalizing problems. These results highlight effortful control as a moderator of the relation between reactivity and adjustment, and may inform the development of interventions geared toward the management of specific negative affects.
气质的反应性维度与调节性维度之间的相互作用可能与儿童的适应能力特别相关,但很少受到研究。本研究通过考察努力控制作为恐惧和挫折反应性与儿童社会能力、内化问题和外化问题之间关系的调节因素,对这些相互作用进行了调查。参与者包括306名三岁儿童及其母亲。儿童的努力控制通过观察测量来衡量,反应性则通过观察和母亲报告的测量来评估。母亲报告了孩子的适应情况。显著的相互作用表明,母亲报告的恐惧程度较高、观察到的挫折感较高且执行控制能力较低的儿童表现出较高的外化问题,而观察到的恐惧程度较高且延迟能力较高的儿童表现出较低的外化问题。这些结果突出了努力控制作为反应性与适应之间关系的调节因素,并可能为针对特定负面影响管理的干预措施的制定提供参考。