School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas.
J Fam Psychol. 2018 Apr;32(3):419-424. doi: 10.1037/fam0000399.
An individual's internalizing symptoms have been shown to relate to greater symptoms in family members. However, an examination of how family members' symptoms are associated with one another is needed with a model including mothers, fathers, and children. Using 633 families from the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, the current study examines relations between different family members' internalizing symptoms over time. In the archival data set, mothers', fathers', and children's internalizing symptoms at first, third, and fifth grades were assessed during home and laboratory visits. We tested a cross-lagged path model to assess transactional associations with family income-to-needs ratio and child gender as covariates. In the model, more maternal internalizing symptoms at first and third grades were associated with greater child symptoms at third and fifth grades. More child symptoms at first and third grades were associated with greater maternal symptoms at third and fifth grades. Additionally, more child symptoms at third grade were associated with greater paternal symptoms at fifth grade. These results highlight the importance of examining how family members' internalizing symptoms are associated longitudinally in understanding family systems processes. (PsycINFO Database Record
个体的内化症状已被证明与家庭成员的更多症状有关。然而，需要在包括母亲、父亲和孩子的模型中，检查家庭成员的症状是如何相互关联的。本研究使用来自儿童健康和人类发展研究所的早期儿童保育和青年发展研究的 633 个家庭，考察了不同家庭成员的内化症状随时间的变化关系。在档案数据集，母亲、父亲和孩子的内化症状在第一年、第三年和第五年的家庭和实验室访问期间进行了评估。我们测试了交叉滞后路径模型，以评估与家庭收入需求比和儿童性别作为协变量的交易关联。在模型中，更多的母亲在第一年和第三年的内化症状与更多的孩子在第三年和第五年的症状相关。更多的孩子在第一年和第三年的症状与更多的母亲在第三年和第五年的症状相关。此外，更多的孩子在三年级的症状与父亲在五年级的症状相关。这些结果强调了在理解家庭系统过程中，从纵向角度检查家庭成员的内化症状如何相互关联的重要性。
