Barnett Melissa A, Scaramella Laura V
Norton School of Family & Consumer Sciences, University of Arizona.
Department of Psychology, University of New Orleans.
J Fam Psychol. 2017 Aug;31(5):553-562. doi: 10.1037/fam0000304. Epub 2017 Feb 13.
The current study examined the extent to which child sex and fear reactivity were linked to mothers' observed use of supportive and intrusive parenting behaviors. Two dimensions of observed fear reactivity were considered: distress (i.e., fearfulness) and approach (i.e., fearlessness). The sample consisted of 160 predominantly African American, low-income families that included mothers, 1 sibling approximately 2 years old, and the closest age older sibling who was approximately 4 years old. Results from fixed-effects within-family models indicated that above and beyond the main effect of child engagement on observed parenting behaviors, child sex moderated associations between 2 dimensions of fear reactivity and mothers' observed parenting. Specifically, mothers were observed to be less supportive during interactions with girls rated as high on fear approach and more intrusive during interactions with girls rated as high on fear distress. These patterns suggest that during early childhood, girls' individual characteristics may be more closely linked to mothers' parenting quality than are boys' characteristics. (PsycINFO Database Record
本研究考察了儿童性别和恐惧反应性与母亲观察到的支持性和侵入性养育行为的关联程度。研究考虑了观察到的恐惧反应性的两个维度：痛苦（即恐惧）和接近（即无畏）。样本包括160个主要为非裔美国人的低收入家庭，这些家庭中有母亲、一个大约2岁的兄弟姐妹以及最接近的大约4岁的哥哥或姐姐。家庭内固定效应模型的结果表明，除了儿童参与对观察到的养育行为的主要影响之外，儿童性别调节了恐惧反应性的两个维度与母亲观察到的养育之间的关联。具体而言，观察发现母亲在与被评为恐惧接近程度高的女孩互动时支持性较低，而在与被评为恐惧痛苦程度高的女孩互动时侵入性更强。这些模式表明，在幼儿期，女孩的个体特征可能比男孩的特征与母亲的养育质量联系更紧密。（《心理学文摘数据库记录》
