University of Notre Dame.
University of Texas, San Antonio.
Child Dev. 2021 Sep;92(5):e977-e996. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13556. Epub 2021 Mar 22.
This study examined the development of autobiographical memory specificity (AMS) in a longitudinal randomized controlled trial of 242 maltreated and nonmaltreated children (aged 36-86 months; 50.4% male; 39.7% Black, 25.9% White, 34.5% Latinx/other) and their mothers. Half of the maltreated families were randomized to receive an intervention to improve maternal reminiscing. The effects of maltreatment and the intervention on children's AMS via two indices of maternal reminiscing, sensitive guidance, and elaboration, were evaluated. Bidirectional associations between AMS and child maladjustment were also examined. Intervention-related improvement in maternal sensitive guidance 6-month postintervention (b* = .36) related to greater AMS among maltreated children 1 year later (b* = .19). These findings underscore the role of maternal sensitive guidance in facilitating AMS.
本研究通过一项针对 242 名受虐待和未受虐待儿童（年龄 36-86 个月；50.4%为男性；39.7%为黑人，25.9%为白人，34.5%为拉丁裔/其他）及其母亲的纵向随机对照试验，考察了自传体记忆特异性（AMS）的发展。受虐待家庭的一半被随机分配接受干预以提高母亲的回忆能力。通过对母亲回忆、敏感指导和详细阐述的两个指标来评估虐待和干预对儿童 AMS 的影响。还检查了 AMS 与儿童适应不良之间的双向关联。干预后 6 个月，母亲敏感指导的干预相关性改善（b*=0.36）与 1 年后受虐待儿童 AMS 的提高有关（b*=0.19）。这些发现强调了母亲敏感指导在促进 AMS 方面的作用。
