Institute of Child Development.
Teachers College.
J Fam Psychol. 2022 Jun;36(4):636-641. doi: 10.1037/fam0000921. Epub 2021 Sep 9.
Parents are key protective systems in the lives of children experiencing homelessness. Evidence suggests that parent emotional reactivity, expression, and regulation play a critical role in promoting adaptive parenting behaviors. Studies of emotional reactivity in parents utilize different methods, including self-report, observations, and physiological measures. However, these methods are rarely evaluated together, particularly among disadvantaged families. The present study examined how subjective (i.e., self-report), observed, and physiological measures of parent emotional reactivity relate to each other and to observed parenting behaviors in problem-solving and teaching parent-child interaction tasks. Participants included fifty 4- to 7-year-old children and their caregivers staying in an emergency homeless shelter. Observed and subjective emotional reactivity were largely uncorrelated, except for positive emotions during problem-solving tasks. Adaptive parenting behavior was related to lower scores on measures of subjective and observed negative emotions and higher observed scores for positive emotions during problem-solving tasks, as well as higher observed scores of positive emotions during teaching tasks. Physiological reactivity was not related to parenting behaviors. Results suggest that associations of emotional reactivity with parenting behavior depend on the context of the parent-child interaction and how emotional reactivity is measured. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
父母是处于无家可归状态的儿童生活中的关键保护系统。有证据表明，父母的情绪反应性、表达和调节在促进适应性育儿行为方面起着关键作用。对父母情绪反应性的研究采用了不同的方法，包括自我报告、观察和生理测量。然而，这些方法很少一起评估，特别是在弱势家庭中。本研究考察了父母情绪反应性的主观（即自我报告）、观察和生理测量之间如何相互关联，以及在解决问题和教授亲子互动任务中如何与观察到的育儿行为相关。参与者包括 50 名 4 至 7 岁的儿童及其在紧急无家可归者收容所的照顾者。观察到的和主观的情绪反应性之间相关性不大，除了在解决问题任务中表现出积极情绪外。适应性育儿行为与主观和观察到的负性情绪的评分较低以及在解决问题任务中观察到的正性情绪评分较高相关，同时在教授任务中观察到的正性情绪评分较高也与适应性育儿行为相关。生理反应性与育儿行为无关。结果表明，情绪反应性与育儿行为的关联取决于亲子互动的背景以及如何测量情绪反应性。（美国心理协会，2022）。
