University of California, Davis.
Texas A&M University.
Child Dev. 2017 Nov;88(6):1810-1822. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12944. Epub 2017 Sep 11.
The current study explored parental processes associated with children's global self-esteem development. Eighty 5- to 13-year-olds and one of their parents provided qualitative and quantitative data through questionnaires, open-ended questions, and a laboratory-based reminiscing task. Parents who included more explanations of emotions when writing about the lowest points in their lives were more likely to discuss explanations of emotions experienced in negative past events with their child, which was associated with child attachment security. Attachment was associated with concurrent self-esteem, which predicted relative increases in self-esteem 16 months later, on average. Finally, parent support also predicted residual increases in self-esteem. Findings extend prior research by including younger ages and uncovering a process by which two theoretically relevant parenting behaviors impact self-esteem development.
本研究探讨了与儿童整体自尊发展相关的父母过程。通过问卷、开放式问题和基于实验室的回忆任务，80 名 5 至 13 岁的儿童及其一位家长提供了定性和定量数据。当父母在撰写生活中的最低点时，包含更多情感解释的父母更有可能与孩子讨论负面过去事件中经历的情感解释，这与孩子的依恋安全性有关。依恋与当前的自尊有关，平均而言，这预示着 16 个月后自尊会有相对的增加。最后，父母的支持也预测了自尊的剩余增长。这些发现通过纳入更年轻的年龄组并揭示了两个理论上相关的养育行为影响自尊发展的过程，扩展了先前的研究。
