Diener Marissa L, Mangelsdorf Sarah C, McHale Jean L, Frosch Cynthia A
Department of Family & Consumer Studies University of Utah.
Department of Psychology University of Illinois.
Infancy. 2002 Apr;3(2):153-174. doi: 10.1207/S15327078IN0302_3. Epub 2002 Apr 1.
This study examined 12- and 13-month-old infants' behavioral strategies for emotion regulation, emotional expressions, regulatory styles, and attachment quality with fathers and mothers. Eighty-five infants participated in the Strange Situation procedure to assess attachment quality with mothers and fathers. Infants' behavioral strategies for emotion regulation were examined with each parent during a competing demands task. Emotion regulation styles were meaningfully related to infant-father attachment quality. Although expressions of distress and positive affect were not consistent across mothers and fathers, there was consistency in infant strategy use, emotion regulation style, and attachment quality with mothers and fathers. Furthermore, infants who were securely attached to both parents showed greater consistency in parent-oriented strategies than infants who were insecurely attached to one or both parents. Limitations of this study include the constrained laboratory setting, potential carryover effects, and a homogeneous, middle-class sample.
本研究考察了12至13个月大婴儿的情绪调节行为策略、情绪表达、调节方式以及与父母的依恋质量。八十五名婴儿参与了陌生情境程序，以评估与父母的依恋质量。在一项竞争性需求任务中，研究人员与每位家长一起考察了婴儿的情绪调节行为策略。情绪调节方式与婴儿和父亲的依恋质量存在显著关联。尽管婴儿对母亲和父亲表现出的痛苦和积极情绪并不一致，但婴儿在策略运用、情绪调节方式以及与父母的依恋质量方面存在一致性。此外，与父母双方都形成安全依恋的婴儿比与父母一方或双方形成不安全依恋的婴儿在以父母为导向的策略上表现出更大的一致性。本研究的局限性包括实验环境受限、可能存在的延续效应以及样本为同质的中产阶级。
