Department of Psychology & Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
Department of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
Psychophysiology. 2020 Sep;57(9):e13596. doi: 10.1111/psyp.13596. Epub 2020 May 11.
The present study investigated physiological synchrony in the parasympathetic nervous system among fathers, mothers, and adolescents during a real-time family interaction, and child characteristics that may moderate the level of physiological synchrony. Our sample consisted of 191 families with adolescents (M = 12.4 years) and both of their parents, who participated in a triadic family conflict discussion. During the discussion, respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) was measured for all three family members. Multilevel analysis indicated a significant positive concurrent synchrony between adolescents and their mothers, as well as between fathers and mothers on a minute-to-minute basis. No RSA synchrony was found between adolescents and their fathers. Furthermore, adolescent emotional insecurity significantly moderated mother-adolescent RSA synchrony. Whereas adolescents with low emotional insecurity exhibited positive synchrony with their mothers, no synchrony was observed when adolescent emotional insecurity was high. In conclusion, findings of the present study illuminate the patterns of RSA synchrony among parents and adolescents and highlight a link between adolescent emotional insecurity and attenuated mother-adolescent physiological synchrony.
本研究调查了在实时家庭互动中，父亲、母亲和青少年的副交感神经系统中的生理同步性，以及可能调节生理同步水平的儿童特征。我们的样本由 191 个有青少年（平均 12.4 岁）的家庭和他们的父母组成，他们参与了一个三方家庭冲突讨论。在讨论过程中，对所有三个家庭成员的呼吸窦性心律失常（RSA）进行了测量。多层次分析表明，青少年和母亲之间，以及父亲和母亲之间存在显著的正同步性。然而，在青少年和父亲之间没有发现 RSA 同步性。此外，青少年的情绪不安全感显著调节了母亲-青少年 RSA 同步性。当青少年的情绪不安全感较低时，他们与母亲表现出积极的同步性，但当青少年的情绪不安全感较高时，就没有观察到同步性。总之，本研究的结果阐明了父母和青少年之间 RSA 同步性的模式，并强调了青少年情绪不安全感与减弱的母子生理同步性之间的联系。
