Department of Psychology, Centre for Child Development, Mental Health, and Policy, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ONL5L 1C6, Canada.
Department of Psychology, Center for Children and Families, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN46556, USA.
Dev Psychopathol. 2023 Aug;35(3):1552-1569. doi: 10.1017/S0954579422000293. Epub 2022 Apr 8.
Children's relationships inform their internal working models (IWMs) of the world around them. Attachment and emotional security theory (EST) emphasize the importance of parent-child and interparental relationships, respectively, for IWM. The current study examined (a) data-driven classes in child attachment and emotional security IWM, (b) associations between IWM classes and demographic variables, maltreatment, intimate partner violence (IPV), and maternal depressive symptoms, and (c) consistency in attachment and emotional security IWM classes, including as a function of maltreatment, IPV, and maternal depressive symptoms. Participants were 234 preschool-aged children ( = 152 experienced maltreatment and = 82 had not experienced maltreatment) and their mothers. Children participated in a narrative-based assessment of IWM. Mothers reported demographics, IPV, and maternal depressive symptoms. Latent class analyses revealed three attachment IWM classes and three emotional security IWM classes. Maltreatment was associated with lower likelihood of being in the secure attachment class and elevated likelihood of being in the insecure dysregulated attachment class. Inconsistencies in classification across attachment and emotional security IWM classes were related to maltreatment, IPV, and maternal depressive symptoms. The current study juxtaposes attachment and EST and provides insight into impacts of family adversity on children's IWM across different family relationships.
儿童的人际关系会影响他们对周围世界的内部工作模式(IWMs)。依恋和情绪安全感理论(EST)分别强调了亲子关系和父母间关系对 IWM 的重要性。本研究考察了(a)儿童依恋和情绪安全感 IWM 的数据驱动分类,(b)IWMs 分类与人口统计学变量、虐待、亲密伴侣暴力(IPV)和母亲抑郁症状之间的关联,以及(c)依恋和情绪安全感 IWM 分类的一致性,包括作为虐待、IPV 和母亲抑郁症状的函数的一致性。参与者为 234 名学龄前儿童(=152 名经历过虐待,=82 名未经历过虐待)及其母亲。儿童参与了基于叙事的 IWM 评估。母亲报告了人口统计学数据、IPV 和母亲抑郁症状。潜在类别分析揭示了三种依恋 IWM 类别和三种情绪安全 IWM 类别。虐待与较低的安全依恋类别可能性相关,与不安全失调依恋类别的可能性增加相关。在依恋和情绪安全 IWM 类别之间不一致的分类与虐待、IPV 和母亲抑郁症状有关。本研究将依恋和 EST 并列,并深入了解家庭逆境对不同家庭关系中儿童 IWM 的影响。