Miller-Graff Laura, Scheid Caroline
University of Notre Dame, 390 Corbett Family Hall, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2023 Feb;54(1):223-231. doi: 10.1007/s10578-021-01238-y. Epub 2021 Sep 13.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) in the home-a prevalent environmental risk for children-exemplifies a key factor that may alter the role of attentional bias to threat (ABT) in children's psychological adjustment. The current study aims to (1) examine potential variations in ABT and emotion regulation across animal and face stimuli and (2) test IPV as a potential moderator of the relationship between ABT and child outcomes. Participating children (N = 37) completed computerized tasks assessing ABT. Mothers provided data on IPV in the home, child victimization, and child emotion regulation. Children's ABT toward animal stimuli was not associated with emotion regulation; IPV significantly moderated the link between ABT and emotion regulation (β = - 0.06, p < .001). At low levels of IPV, children's ABT and emotion regulation were not related, but at high levels of IPV, ABT was negatively associated with emotion regulation skills. The relevance of ABT for understanding functioning may vary by both stimulus selection and by previous experiences of environmental risk.
家庭中的亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）是儿童普遍面临的一种环境风险，它体现了一个可能改变注意力偏向威胁（ABT）在儿童心理调适过程中作用的关键因素。本研究旨在：（1）考察在动物和面部刺激下ABT及情绪调节的潜在差异；（2）检验IPV是否为ABT与儿童结果之间关系的潜在调节因素。参与研究的儿童（N = 37）完成了评估ABT的计算机化任务。母亲们提供了关于家庭中IPV、儿童受侵害情况以及儿童情绪调节的数据。儿童对动物刺激的ABT与情绪调节无关；IPV显著调节了ABT与情绪调节之间的联系（β = -0.06，p <.001）。在低水平的IPV情况下，儿童的ABT与情绪调节无关，但在高水平的IPV情况下，ABT与情绪调节技能呈负相关。ABT对于理解功能的相关性可能因刺激选择和以往环境风险经历的不同而有所差异。
