University of Otago.
York University.
Dev Psychopathol. 2019 May;31(2):631-642. doi: 10.1017/S0954579418000172. Epub 2018 Apr 26.
Maternal elaborative reminiscing supports preschool children's autobiographical memory, self-concept, and emotion understanding. What are the factors contributing to mothers' elaborative style of reminiscing? In a longitudinal community sample (n = 170 at the final data point), this study explored the role of maternal depression (8-44 months), maternal sensitivity and maternal mind-mindedness (8 months), as well as child factors of joint attention (15 months), attachment security (15 months), and language (26 months) for mother-child reminiscing about a positive (happy) and a negative (scared) event at 44 months. Mothers could be classed into two groups of low versus increasing depression from 8 to 44 months, yet maternal depression did not uniquely predict mother-child reminiscing after accounting for maternal sensitivity and other factors. Instead, maternal sensitivity, children's joint attention, and language uniquely predicted children's elaborations about the scared event at 44 months, and maternal sensitivity uniquely predicted mothers' elaborations about the scared event at 44 months. Mothers who are more sensitive in early interactions may later be better at engaging their children when reminiscing about negative emotions. These findings have implications for the design of interventions targeted at supporting mothers to engage in elaborative reminiscing with their preschool children.
母亲的详细回忆支持学前儿童的自传体记忆、自我概念和情绪理解。那么，促进母亲详细回忆风格的因素有哪些呢？在一项纵向社区样本研究中（最终数据点为 170 名），本研究探讨了母亲抑郁（8-44 个月）、母亲敏感性和母亲心理理论（8 个月）以及儿童共同注意（15 个月）、依恋安全性（15 个月）和语言（26 个月）等因素对 44 个月时母亲和孩子回忆积极（快乐）和消极（恐惧）事件的作用。尽管在考虑了母亲敏感性和其他因素后，母亲抑郁并不能单独预测母子回忆，但母亲敏感性、孩子的共同注意和语言确实可以预测孩子在 44 个月时对恐惧事件的详细回忆，而母亲敏感性则可以单独预测母亲在 44 个月时对恐惧事件的详细回忆。在早期互动中更敏感的母亲可能会在以后回忆负面情绪时更好地与孩子互动。这些发现对设计旨在支持母亲与学龄前儿童进行详细回忆的干预措施具有启示意义。
