Hipson Will E, Gardiner Sarah L, Coplan Robert J, Ooi Laura L
a Psychology Department , Carleton University , Ottawa , Canada.
J Genet Psychol. 2017 Mar-Apr;178(2):102-107. doi: 10.1080/00221325.2016.1269715. Epub 2017 Feb 22.
The goal of this study was to explore associations among maternal agreeableness, child temperament (i.e., emotion dysregulation), and children's social adjustment at school. Participants were 146 children in kindergarten and Grade 1 (76 girls; M = 67.78 months, SD = 10.81 months). Mothers provided ratings of their own agreeableness and their child's temperament, and teachers assessed indices of children's socioemotional functioning at school. Among the results, maternal agreeableness moderated associations between child dysregulation and aspects of adjustment at school. Specifically, at higher levels of maternal agreeableness, the relations between child dysregulation and both anxiety with peers and their prosocial behavior were attenuated. Overall, the results suggest that maternal agreeableness may serve as a protective factor for dysregulated children. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
本研究的目的是探讨母亲的宜人性、孩子的气质（即情绪失调）与孩子在学校的社会适应之间的关联。研究参与者为146名幼儿园儿童和一年级学生（76名女孩；平均年龄M = 67.78个月，标准差SD = 10.81个月）。母亲们对自己的宜人性和孩子的气质进行了评分，教师对孩子们在学校的社会情感功能指标进行了评估。研究结果显示，母亲的宜人性调节了孩子情绪失调与学校适应方面之间的关联。具体而言，在母亲宜人性水平较高时，孩子情绪失调与同伴焦虑及亲社会行为之间的关系会减弱。总体而言，研究结果表明母亲的宜人性可能是情绪失调儿童的一个保护因素。文中还讨论了该研究对研究和实践的启示。
