Mulvey Marissa F, Herbers Janette E, Jennings Kristin J, Goran Rahma, Knight Abigail C
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Villanova University, USA.
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Villanova University, USA.
Infant Behav Dev. 2023 Nov;73:101891. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101891. Epub 2023 Oct 10.
Infants experiencing homelessness face risk for developing mental health problems in the future. Parents residing in shelters experience adverse events at elevated rates compared to non-homeless individuals, which can impact their infants during a time of rapid development depending on how the parent copes. For some, trauma linked to these events may manifest in an intrusive parenting style that interferes with the child's developing capacity for self-regulation. We utilized a sample of 60 parent-infant dyads recruited while residing in emergency homeless shelters to evaluate associations among parents' history of adversity, intrusive parenting behaviors, and infants' fearful distress. Observed parent intrusiveness during a free play interaction was significantly associated with infant fearfulness observed in a separate behavioral task during which infants viewed a series of masks. Furthermore, there was a moderating effect for parent history of adversity such that the association between parent intrusiveness and infant fearful distress was stronger among parents with more past experiences of adversity.
经历无家可归的婴儿未来面临心理健康问题的风险。与无家可归的个体相比，居住在收容所的父母经历不良事件的比例更高，这可能会在婴儿快速发育时期影响他们，具体取决于父母的应对方式。对一些人来说，与这些事件相关的创伤可能表现为侵入性的育儿方式，这会干扰孩子自我调节能力的发展。我们使用了一个样本，该样本由60对母婴组成，他们在居住在紧急无家可归者收容所时被招募，以评估父母的逆境史、侵入性育儿行为和婴儿的恐惧困扰之间的关联。在自由玩耍互动中观察到的父母侵入行为与在一个单独的行为任务中观察到的婴儿恐惧显著相关，在这个任务中，婴儿观看了一系列面具。此外，父母的逆境史有调节作用，即父母侵入行为与婴儿恐惧困扰之间的关联在有更多过去逆境经历的父母中更强。
