Filakovska Bobakova Daniela, Chovan Shoshana, Van Laer Stanislava
Department of Health Psychology and Research Methodology, Faculty of Medicine, PJ Safarik University, Kosice, Slovakia.
Olomouc University Social Health Institute, Palacky University in Olomouc, Olomouc, Czechia.
Int J Public Health. 2024 Feb 23;69:1606721. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1606721. eCollection 2024.
This study aims to compare the early childhood mental health of children from marginalized Roma communities (MRCs) in Slovakia with that of the majority and explore possible mediating pathways of mothers' perceived stress and harsh discipline practices. We used data from the first wave of the longitudinal RomaREACH study collected in 2021-2022. Two populations were included in the sample: 94 mother-child dyads from MRCs and 79 from the majority population (children aged 14-18 months). Data were analysed using linear regression, and mediation was tested using PROCESS Macro in SPSS. Belonging to MRCs vs. the majority, perceived stress of mothers and harsh discipline were found to be associated with early mental health problems in children. Perceived stress of mothers partially mediates the relationship between belonging to MRCs vs. majority and harsh discipline and harsh discipline partially mediates the relationship between perceived stress of mothers and the mental health of children. Mothers from MRCs perceive more stress, which is associated with more frequent use of harsh discipline practices having a negative impact on the mental health of young children.
本研究旨在比较斯洛伐克边缘化罗姆社区（MRCs）儿童与大多数儿童的幼儿心理健康状况，并探索母亲感知压力和严厉管教行为可能的中介途径。我们使用了2021 - 2022年收集的纵向罗姆人REACH研究第一波的数据。样本包括两个人群：94对来自MRCs的母婴二元组和79对来自大多数人群的母婴二元组（14 - 18个月大的儿童）。数据采用线性回归进行分析，并使用SPSS中的PROCESS宏检验中介效应。研究发现，与大多数儿童相比，属于MRCs的儿童、母亲的感知压力和严厉管教与儿童早期心理健康问题有关。母亲的感知压力部分中介了属于MRCs与大多数儿童、严厉管教之间的关系，严厉管教部分中介了母亲的感知压力与儿童心理健康之间的关系。来自MRCs的母亲感知到更多压力，这与更频繁地使用严厉管教行为有关，而严厉管教行为对幼儿心理健康有负面影响。
