Kopystynska Olena, Spinrad Tracy L, Seay Danielle M, Eisenberg Nancy
Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University.
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University.
Dev Psychol. 2016 Jun;52(6):909-21. doi: 10.1037/dev0000122.
The goal of this work was to examine the complex interrelation of mothers' early gentle control and sensitivity in predicting children's effortful control (EC) and academic functioning. Maternal gentle control, maternal sensitivity, and children's EC were measured when children were 18, 30, and 42 months of age (T1, T2, and T3, respectively), and measures of children's academic functioning were combined across 72 and 84 months (T5/T6; Ns = 255, 222, 200, 162, and 143). Using structural equation modeling, results demonstrated that T1 maternal sensitivity moderated the relation between T1 maternal gentle control and T2 EC, and T3 EC predicted children's later academic functioning. There was evidence for moderated mediation, such that when maternal sensitivity was high, children's EC mediated the relation between T1 maternal gentle control and children's academic functioning, even after controlling for stability of the constructs. The relation between maternal gentle control and children's EC was not significant under conditions of low maternal sensitivity. Implications for parenting programs are offered and future research directions are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record
这项研究的目的是探讨母亲早期温和控制与敏感性在预测儿童努力控制（EC）和学业表现方面的复杂相互关系。在儿童18、30和42个月大时（分别为T1、T2和T3）测量母亲的温和控制、母亲的敏感性以及儿童的努力控制，儿童学业表现的测量则综合了72和84个月时的数据（T5/T6；样本量分别为255、222、200、162和143）。使用结构方程模型，结果表明，T1母亲的敏感性调节了T1母亲温和控制与T2努力控制之间的关系，且T3努力控制预测了儿童后期的学业表现。有证据表明存在调节中介效应，即当母亲敏感性较高时，即使在控制了各构念的稳定性之后，儿童的努力控制仍介导了T1母亲温和控制与儿童学业表现之间的关系。在母亲敏感性较低的情况下，母亲温和控制与儿童努力控制之间的关系不显著。本文提出了对育儿项目的启示，并讨论了未来的研究方向。（《心理学文摘数据库记录》 ）
