Zhang Jingchen, Lee Sun-Kyung, Piehler Timothy F, Gewirtz Abigail H, August Gerald J
Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, 290 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108.
University of Minnesota.
Parent Sci Pract. 2020;20(3):177-199. doi: 10.1080/15295192.2019.1694833. Epub 2019 Dec 13.
This study examined the bidirectional relation between effective parenting practices and externalizing problems in children in homeless families.
The sample comprised 223 children ( = 8.12 years) in 137 families living in temporary supportive housing, who participated in the Early Risers conduct problems prevention program lasting 2 years. Video-recorded observations of parent-child interactions were collected and rated by trained observers to assess effective parenting practices. Child externalizing problems were reported by their school teachers. Both variables were assessed at baseline prior to intervention and at 1- and 2-year post-baseline.
Child externalizing problems at baseline were negatively associated with effective parenting from baseline to year 1 as well as from year 1 to year 2. Observed effective parenting practices at year 1 were negatively associated with child externalizing problems from year 1 to year 2.
These findings underscore the presence of bidirectional influence processes between parents and children in high-risk families. Implications for intervention programs for high-risk families are discussed.
本研究考察了无家可归家庭中有效育儿方式与儿童外化问题之间的双向关系。
样本包括137个居住在临时支持性住房中的家庭的223名儿童（平均年龄 = 8.12岁），他们参与了为期2年的早起行为问题预防项目。由训练有素的观察员收集并评估亲子互动的视频记录，以评估有效的育儿方式。儿童的外化问题由他们的学校教师报告。这两个变量在干预前的基线以及基线后1年和2年进行评估。
基线时儿童的外化问题与从基线到第1年以及从第1年到第2年的有效育儿呈负相关。第1年观察到的有效育儿方式与从第1年到第2年的儿童外化问题呈负相关。
这些发现强调了高危家庭中父母与子女之间双向影响过程的存在。讨论了对高危家庭干预项目的启示。
