University of California, Irvine, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, 4201 SBSG, Irvine, CA 92697, United States.
University of California, Irvine, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, 4201 SBSG, Irvine, CA 92697, United States.
Child Abuse Negl. 2018 Mar;77:222-231. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.01.010.
Although child maltreatment places youth at substantial risk for difficulties with emotion regulation and aggression, not all maltreated youth show these adverse effects, raising important questions about characteristics that discriminate those who do versus do not evidence long-term negative outcomes. The present investigation examined whether implicit beliefs about emotion moderated the association between maltreatment and aggression. Maltreated (n = 59) and community-matched (n = 66) youth were asked regarding their beliefs about emotion and aggressive behaviors. Beliefs about emotion were more strongly associated with aggression among maltreated youth, particularly physically abused youth. Maltreated youth who believed they had poor ability to control emotion reported significantly higher levels of aggression than comparison youth. However, maltreated youth who believed they had high ability to control emotion did not differ significantly in aggression from that of comparison youth. Findings offer unique insight into a factor that may increase or buffer maltreated youth's risk for aggression and thus highlight potential directions for interventions to reduce aggressive tendencies.
尽管虐待儿童使青少年面临情绪调节和攻击行为困难的巨大风险，但并非所有受虐待的青少年都表现出这些不良影响，这就提出了一个重要问题，即哪些特征可以区分那些有长期负面后果和没有长期负面后果的人。本研究考察了情绪的内隐信念是否调节了虐待与攻击之间的关系。研究要求受虐待（n=59）和社区匹配（n=66）的青少年回答他们对情绪和攻击行为的信念。在受虐待的青少年中，情绪信念与攻击的相关性更强，特别是身体受虐待的青少年。认为自己情绪控制能力差的受虐待青少年的攻击行为明显高于对照组青少年。然而，认为自己情绪控制能力强的受虐待青少年的攻击行为与对照组青少年没有显著差异。研究结果为一个可能增加或缓冲受虐待青少年攻击风险的因素提供了独特的见解，从而突出了干预措施减少攻击倾向的潜在方向。
