Boyer Brittany P, Nelson Jackie A
The University of Texas at Dallas.
Child Dev. 2015 May-Jun;86(3):828-43. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12347. Epub 2015 Feb 2.
The current study examined a process through which parenting during the primary school transition contributes to cardiovascular health in adolescence, a foundational period for adult health trajectories. Using path analyses, social competence was tested as a mediator between parental sensitivity and adolescent health among 884 families. Results indicated that mothers' and fathers' sensitivity was associated with increasing social competence from first grade (age 7) to sixth grade (age 12), which was associated with higher awakening cortisol in ninth grade (age 15) and decreasing blood pressure from sixth to ninth grade. Results suggest that social competence mediates associations between childhood parenting and adolescent cardiovascular risk, and may be protective to children's health over time.
当前的研究考察了小学过渡阶段的养育方式对青少年心血管健康产生影响的过程，青少年时期是成人健康轨迹的基础阶段。通过路径分析，在884个家庭中检验了社会能力作为父母敏感性与青少年健康之间的中介变量。结果表明，从一年级（7岁）到六年级（12岁），父母的敏感性与社会能力的提高相关，而这又与九年级（15岁）时较高的觉醒皮质醇水平以及六年级到九年级期间血压的降低相关。结果表明，社会能力在儿童养育方式与青少年心血管风险之间起中介作用，并且可能长期对儿童健康起到保护作用。
