Rose John, Nelson Lisa, Hardiman Rebecca
University of Birmingham,UK.
University of Kent,UK.
Behav Cogn Psychother. 2016 Nov;44(6):691-704. doi: 10.1017/S1352465816000242. Epub 2016 Jun 22.
Cognitions are starting to receive more prominence as important when examining a number of factors including the topography of challenging behaviour. This study examined the relationships between maternal stress, challenging behaviour (aggressive and self-injurious behaviours) and parental cognitions and specifically whether maternal cognitions mediated the effect of challenging behaviour on parenting stress.
46 mothers of children and young adults with ID completed questionnaires regarding their child's challenging behaviour, maternal cognitions and stress.
Significant correlations were found between challenging behaviour and maternal stress. The overall mediation models for aggression and self-injurious behaviour were significant. The Challenging Behaviour Perception Questionnaire: Consequences client subscale was the only independent significant mediator for both behaviours.
Cognitions do play an important part in mediating the relationship between challenging behaviour and stress. Further research is needed to examine the similarities and differences between the mediation models for aggression and self-injurious behaviour.
在研究包括具有挑战性的行为的表现形式在内的诸多因素时，认知开始作为重要因素受到更多关注。本研究考察了母亲压力、具有挑战性的行为（攻击性行为和自我伤害行为）与父母认知之间的关系，具体而言，即母亲的认知是否介导了具有挑战性的行为对养育压力的影响。
46名患有智力障碍的儿童和青少年的母亲完成了关于其孩子具有挑战性的行为、母亲认知和压力的问卷调查。
发现具有挑战性的行为与母亲压力之间存在显著相关性。攻击性行为和自我伤害行为的总体中介模型具有显著性。《具有挑战性的行为认知问卷：后果服务对象分量表》是这两种行为唯一独立的显著中介变量。
认知在介导具有挑战性的行为与压力之间的关系中确实起着重要作用。需要进一步研究来考察攻击性行为和自我伤害行为的中介模型之间的异同。
