Institute of Education and Child Studies.
VU University Amsterdam.
J Fam Psychol. 2021 Sep;35(6):735-744. doi: 10.1037/fam0000841. Epub 2021 Mar 11.
In the current study, the associations between multiple types of child maltreatment (CM), parent-offspring interactions, and family cohesion were examined in an extended family study. A total of 366 parent-offspring pairs from 137 nuclear families participated. Parents ( = 52.8 years, age range: 26.6-88.4 years, 57% female) reported about perpetrated CM and offspring ( = 25.7 years, range: 7.5-65.5 years, 58% female) about experienced CM during their childhood. Parent-offspring interactions were observed during a conflict interaction task. Cohesion within the nuclear family was observed during a playful tower building task. Results showed that parents and offspring displayed more aversive behavior in parent-offspring dyads characterized by higher levels of child abuse, but not in dyads characterized by higher levels of child neglect. In addition, less dyadic affective similarity was observed in parent-offspring dyads characterized by higher levels of child neglect, whereas dyadic affective similarity was higher in dyads characterized by higher levels of child abuse. Findings imply that interventions focused on parent-offspring interactions with a somewhat different content for neglectful and abusive families may be efficacious for families in the child welfare system. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
在当前的研究中，通过一项扩展家庭研究，考察了多种类型的儿童虐待（CM）、亲代-后代互动与家庭凝聚力之间的关系。共有来自 137 个核心家庭的 366 对父母-子女参与研究。父母（年龄 = 52.8 岁，年龄范围：26.6-88.4 岁，57%为女性）报告了在儿童时期遭受的多种类型的 CM，而子女（年龄 = 25.7 岁，年龄范围：7.5-65.5 岁，58%为女性）报告了经历的 CM。在冲突互动任务中观察了亲代-后代的互动，在玩塔式建筑任务中观察了核心家庭内的凝聚力。结果表明，在受虐待程度较高的亲代-后代对子中，父母和子女表现出更多的负面行为，但在受忽视程度较高的对子中则不然。此外，在受忽视程度较高的亲代-后代对子中，亲子之间的情感相似性较低，而在受虐待程度较高的对子中，亲子之间的情感相似性较高。这些发现表明，针对受忽视和受虐待家庭的亲代-后代互动的干预措施可能对儿童福利系统中的家庭有效。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2021 APA，保留所有权利）。
