Jessee Allison, McElwain Nancy L, Booth-LaForce Cathryn
University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave., JRC LL56, St. Paul, MN 55105.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Parent Sci Pract. 2016;16(2):63-86. doi: 10.1080/15295192.2016.1134988. Epub 2016 Feb 19.
Mental-state talk is an important aspect of parenting, but it is not clear whether this type of talk is structurally distinct from behavioral support or sensitivity. Although assessment of sensitive, supportive behavior captures a mother's responses to her child's needs, mental-state talk assesses a mother's consideration of (and comments on) her child's inner world. This study examined the structure and antecedents of mental-state talk, behavioral support, and sensitivity.
Data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development were used, and mothering was assessed during a laboratory session when children were 24 months old ( = 1114).
Confirmatory factor analyses provided support for the hypothesized three-factor model, in which maternal supportive behavior, cognitive talk, and desire/emotion talk formed distinct factors. Furthermore, maternal depressive symptoms assessed at 1 and 6 months predicted less supportive behavior, whereas traditional parenting beliefs assessed at 1 month predicted lower levels of all three mothering outcomes.
Maternal talk about mental states is a unique component of parenting, and cognitive talk is distinct from desire and emotion talk.
心理状态交流是育儿的一个重要方面，但尚不清楚这种交流在结构上是否与行为支持或敏感性有所不同。尽管对敏感、支持性行为的评估能捕捉到母亲对孩子需求的反应，但心理状态交流评估的是母亲对孩子内心世界的思考（及评论）。本研究考察了心理状态交流、行为支持和敏感性的结构及前因。
使用了来自国家儿童健康与人类发展研究所早期儿童保育与青少年发展研究的数据，在儿童24个月大时（=1114）的一次实验室环节中对育儿情况进行评估。
验证性因素分析为假设的三因素模型提供了支持，其中母亲的支持性行为、认知交流和欲望/情感交流构成了不同的因素。此外，在1个月和6个月时评估的母亲抑郁症状预示着支持性行为较少，而在1个月时评估的传统育儿观念预示着所有三种育儿结果的水平较低。
母亲关于心理状态的交流是育儿的一个独特组成部分，认知交流与欲望和情感交流不同。
