Slone Michelle, Shoshani Anat
School of Psychological Sciences, Tel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv, Israel.
Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center HerzliyaHerzliya, Israel.
Front Psychol. 2017 Aug 23;8:1397. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01397. eCollection 2017.
This study examined the role of parenting styles and parental warmth in moderating relations between exposure to political life events and mental health symptoms among 277 Israeli adolescents aged 12-14 and their parents, who had been exposed to protracted periods of war, missile bombardments, and terrorism. Adolescents completed the Political Life Events (PLE) scale, Brief Symptom Inventory and questionnaires regarding parenting style and parental warmth. The primary caregiver completed the Child Behavior Checklist for assessment of the child's internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Results confirmed that severity of PLE exposure was positively correlated with psychological distress and with internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Maternal authoritativeness and warmth functioned as protective factors and had moderating effects on the relation between PLE exposure and mental health symptoms. In contrast, maternal authoritarianism exacerbated the relation between PLE exposure and children's externalizing symptoms. Fathers' parenting style and warmth had no significant relationship with children's mental health outcomes. These findings have important clinical and practical implications for parental guidance and support during periods of war and armed conflict.
本研究调查了277名12至14岁的以色列青少年及其父母的养育方式和父母温暖在调节接触政治生活事件与心理健康症状之间关系中的作用，这些青少年及其父母曾经历长期战争、导弹轰炸和恐怖主义。青少年完成了政治生活事件（PLE）量表、简明症状量表以及关于养育方式和父母温暖的问卷。主要照顾者完成了儿童行为检查表，以评估儿童的内化和外化症状。结果证实，接触PLE的严重程度与心理困扰以及内化和外化症状呈正相关。母亲的权威性和温暖起到了保护作用，并对接触PLE与心理健康症状之间的关系产生了调节作用。相比之下，母亲的专制主义加剧了接触PLE与儿童外化症状之间的关系。父亲的养育方式和温暖与儿童的心理健康结果没有显著关系。这些发现对战争和武装冲突期间的父母指导和支持具有重要的临床和实际意义。
