Zheng Yao, Li Kehan, Zheng Hao, Pasalich Dave S
Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
School of Medicine and Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Prev Sci. 2024 Oct 8. doi: 10.1007/s11121-024-01740-4.
Past longitudinal research has demonstrated links between parenting behaviors and adolescent conduct problems (CP) and callous-unemotional (CU) traits on macro timescales (e.g., years). Less is known about daily fluctuations in parenting behaviors and adolescent CP and CU traits, as well as their daily associations on a micro timescale. This study investigated the daily reciprocal associations between three key dimensions of parenting behaviors-parental warmth, inconsistent discipline, and non-harsh discipline-and adolescent CP and CU traits, and explored potential moderating effects of person-mean levels of these parenting behaviors on within-person cross-day links. Participants included an ethnically-racially diverse low risk community sample of 86 adolescents (Mage = 14.5 years, 55% female, 45% non-White) who completed daily reports over 1 month regarding their perceived parenting behaviors and their own levels of CP and CU traits (2056 total observations). Results from dynamic structural equation modeling showed that at the within-person level, higher than average levels of inconsistent discipline were linked to higher than average levels of CU traits the next day. Among adolescents with higher person-mean levels of parental warmth and non-harsh discipline, daily parental warmth and non-harsh discipline were protective against CU traits. Moreover, among adolescents with higher person-mean levels of parental warmth, adolescent CU traits also evoked lower parental warmth the next day. These findings have significant implications for understanding daily fluctuations in parenting behaviors and adolescent CP and CU traits, and inform novel parenting-based interventions that capitalize on recent advances in mobile and other technology.
过去的纵向研究已经在宏观时间尺度（例如数年）上证明了养育行为与青少年行为问题（CP）以及冷酷无情（CU）特质之间的联系。关于养育行为、青少年CP和CU特质的每日波动情况，以及它们在微观时间尺度上的每日关联，我们所知较少。本研究调查了养育行为的三个关键维度——父母温暖、不一致的管教和非严厉的管教——与青少年CP和CU特质之间的每日相互关联，并探讨了这些养育行为的个体平均水平对个体内跨日联系的潜在调节作用。参与者包括一个种族多样化的低风险社区样本中的86名青少年（平均年龄 = 14.5岁，55%为女性，45%为非白人），他们在1个月内每天报告自己感知到的养育行为以及自己的CP和CU特质水平（共2056次观察）。动态结构方程模型的结果表明，在个体内水平上，高于平均水平的不一致管教与次日高于平均水平的CU特质相关。在父母温暖和非严厉管教个体平均水平较高的青少年中，每日的父母温暖和非严厉管教对CU特质具有保护作用。此外，在父母温暖个体平均水平较高的青少年中，青少年的CU特质在次日也会引发较低的父母温暖。这些发现对于理解养育行为、青少年CP和CU特质的每日波动具有重要意义，并为基于养育的新型干预措施提供了信息，这些干预措施利用了移动和其他技术的最新进展。
