Deffaa Mirjam, Weis Mirjam, Trommsdorff Gisela
Developmental and Cross-Cultural Psychology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
Centre for International Student Assessment (ZIB), TUM School of Education, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Front Psychol. 2020 Sep 8;11:2159. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02159. eCollection 2020.
This study investigates the role of maternal parenting and subjective theories for associations between environmental risk and children's behavior regulation combining a qualitative and quantitative approach. Mothers of 113 primary school children ( = 10.06, = 0.86) in Germany completed questionnaires on parenting, environmental risk, and their child's behavior regulation. To test for associations, we applied hierarchical regression models. Further, we conducted nine focus groups in settings of high and low environmental risk and used thematic analysis. Maternal warmth showed positive associations with children's behavior regulation. Restrictive maternal control and children's behavior regulation were related negatively. The negative association between environmental risk and children's behavior regulation was partly explained by restrictive maternal control. When maternal warmth was added into the model on environmental risk, restrictive maternal control, and children's behavior regulation, both maternal parenting practices lost its significant associations with children's behavior regulation. Qualitative findings gave insights into parents' subjective theories, suggesting adverse peer effects as possible explanation for the relation between environmental risk and children's behavior regulation. The results are discussed in terms of their contribution to theoretical considerations on behavior regulation development in different environmental risk settings.
本研究采用定性和定量相结合的方法，探讨了母亲教养方式和主观理论在环境风险与儿童行为调节之间的关联中所起的作用。德国113名小学生（平均年龄 = 10.06岁，标准差 = 0.86）的母亲完成了关于教养方式、环境风险及其孩子行为调节的问卷调查。为了检验关联性，我们应用了分层回归模型。此外，我们在高环境风险和低环境风险环境中开展了9个焦点小组，并进行了主题分析。母亲的温暖与孩子的行为调节呈正相关。母亲的限制性控制与孩子的行为调节呈负相关。环境风险与孩子行为调节之间的负相关部分可由母亲的限制性控制来解释。当将母亲的温暖纳入环境风险、母亲的限制性控制和孩子行为调节的模型中时，两种母亲教养方式与孩子行为调节之间的显著关联均消失。定性研究结果揭示了父母的主观理论，表明不良同伴效应可能是环境风险与孩子行为调节之间关系的一种解释。我们从研究结果对不同环境风险背景下行为调节发展的理论思考的贡献方面进行了讨论。
