Wood-Shuman S, Cone J D
Child Abuse Negl. 1986;10(3):397-405. doi: 10.1016/0145-2134(86)90015-3.
Differences in the descriptions of normal child behavior were assessed for mothers at-risk for abuse (N = 18) and control (N = 20) mothers, and compared to a criterion group of currently abusive mothers (N = 5). Three segments of each of nine videotaped scenes were rated by the mothers. At-risk mothers rated more segments as negative (M = 11.1) than did control mothers (M = 7.0), and were more like the abusive mothers who were the most negative of all (M = 16.4). When type of scene (e.g., noncompliant, mildly aversive, daily activities, child unattended) was analyzed, the at-risk mothers rated more of the mildly aversive (p less than .05) and child unattended (p less than .05) scenes as negative than did the controls. Abusing mothers rated significantly more segments as negative (p less than .05) than the other groups on all but noncompliant scenes. When specific risk factors were examined, insularity and directly observed negative interactions between mothers and their own child were significantly related to total segments rated as negative (p less than .02; p less than .05, respectively). The study was conceptualized and results discussed in terms of faulty stimulus discrimination; specifically, overgeneralizing from negative stimuli on the part of troubled mothers.
研究评估了有虐待风险的母亲（N = 18）和对照母亲（N = 20）对正常儿童行为描述的差异，并与当前有虐待行为的母亲标准组（N = 5）进行了比较。母亲们对九个录像场景中的每一个场景的三个片段进行了评分。有虐待风险的母亲将更多片段评为负面（M = 11.1），而对照母亲（M = 7.0）则较少，并且她们更类似于所有母亲中最负面的有虐待行为的母亲（M = 16.4）。当分析场景类型（例如，不服从、轻度厌恶、日常活动、儿童无人照看）时，有虐待风险的母亲比对照母亲将更多的轻度厌恶场景（p < .05）和儿童无人照看场景（p < .05）评为负面。除了不服从场景外，有虐待行为的母亲在所有场景中评为负面的片段明显多于其他组（p < .05）。当检查具体风险因素时，母亲的孤立以及直接观察到的母亲与其自己孩子之间的负面互动与评为负面的总片段显著相关（分别为p < .02；p < .05）。该研究从错误的刺激辨别角度进行了概念化，并讨论了结果；具体而言，问题母亲对负面刺激过度概括。
