College of Applied and Behavioral Sciences, University of Indianapolis,Indianapolis, IN,USA.
Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology,Indiana University,Bloomington, IN,USA.
Dev Psychopathol. 2019 Oct;31(4):1325-1338. doi: 10.1017/S0954579418000767.
Emerging literature suggests fathers may contribute uniquely to child development and emotional health through play. In the present study, a multiple mediational model was analyzed using data from 476 families that participated in the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. After accounting for infant-mother attachment, infant temperament, and family income and stability, a significant indirect effect from father-child play quality to adolescent internalizing symptoms was found through father-reported child emotional dysregulation, B = -.05, 95% confidence interval; CI [-.14, -.01]. Specifically, in first grade, dyads where fathers were rated highly on sensitivity and stimulation during play, and children demonstrated high felt security and affective mutuality during play, had children with fewer father-reported emotional dysregulation problems in third grade, B = -.23, 95% CI [-.39, -.06]. Children with fewer emotional dysregulation problems had lower self-reported internalizing symptoms at age 15, B = .23, 95% CI [.01, .45]. Mothers' ratings of children's emotional dysregulation were not a significant mediator. Results are discussed regarding the importance of father-child play for children's adjustment as well as the usefulness of inclusion of fathers in child developmental research.
新兴文献表明，父亲通过游戏可能为孩子的发展和情绪健康做出独特的贡献。在本研究中，利用参与儿童早期照料和发展研究的 476 个家庭的数据，分析了一个多重中介模型。在考虑了母婴依恋、婴儿气质以及家庭收入和稳定性之后，发现父亲与孩子的游戏质量对青少年内化症状有显著的间接影响，这是通过父亲报告的孩子情绪失调来实现的，B=-.05，95%置信区间；CI[-.14，-.01]。具体来说，在一年级时，如果父亲在游戏中被评为高度敏感和刺激，并且孩子在游戏中表现出高度的安全感和情感共鸣，那么在三年级时，孩子的父亲报告的情绪失调问题就会较少，B=-.23，95%CI[-.39，-.06]。情绪失调问题较少的孩子在 15 岁时自我报告的内化症状较低，B=。23，95%CI[.01，.45]。母亲对孩子情绪失调的评价并不是一个显著的中介因素。结果讨论了父亲与孩子游戏对孩子适应能力的重要性，以及将父亲纳入儿童发展研究的有用性。
