Beato Ana, Pereira Ana Isabel, Barros Luísa
Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon, Alameda da Universidade, 1649-013, Lisbon, Portugal.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2017 Jun;48(3):423-433. doi: 10.1007/s10578-016-0670-3.
Parents' perceptions about their strategies to deal with children's anxiety have been minimally explored. Based on a mixed-method approach, the current study compared the strategies that parents said they use more frequently to deal with their child's anxious behaviors and the strategies they actually used during two mildly anxiogenic interactions with their child. Forty-two parents of children with anxiety disorders, aged 9-12 years, participated in the study. Semi-structured interviews were administered to identify parental perceptions about their strategies to deal with their children's anxiety. Subsequently dyadic interactions were observed and coded by two independent coders. We found discrepancies relating to four strategies. Significantly more parents used strategies based on overinvolvement and anxious behavior during the interactions than had been reported by them in the interviews. In contrast, reassurance and reinforcement of avoidance/dependence were used in interactions by fewer parents than would be expected, according to the interviews. Relevant implications for assessment and intervention with families of anxious children are suggested.
父母对于他们应对孩子焦虑的策略的看法很少被探究。基于混合研究方法，本研究比较了父母表示他们更频繁使用的应对孩子焦虑行为的策略，以及他们在与孩子的两次轻度焦虑诱发互动中实际使用的策略。42名9至12岁患有焦虑症孩子的家长参与了该研究。通过半结构化访谈来确定父母对于他们应对孩子焦虑策略的看法。随后，由两名独立编码员对二元互动进行观察和编码。我们发现了与四种策略相关的差异。在互动中，使用基于过度参与和焦虑行为策略的父母明显多于他们在访谈中所报告的。相反，根据访谈，在互动中使用安慰和强化回避/依赖策略的父母比预期的要少。本文提出了对焦虑儿童家庭进行评估和干预的相关启示。
