Yang Shuya, Liu Yuan, Wang Meifang, Zhao Jinxia
Research Center for Child Development, College of Elementary Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing, PR China.
Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, Research Center for Child Development, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, PR China.
Child Abuse Negl. 2025 Mar;161:107296. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107296. Epub 2025 Jan 31.
It is a well-established fact that experiences of interparental violence (IPV) affect children's attentional bias. However, existing research has solely investigated the relations between IPV and children's attentional bias toward either negative (ANI) or positive information (API); little research has examined the distinct associations between IPV and such two types of attentional bias simultaneously. Moreover, parental harsh discipline may mediate above associations, but few studies have investigated this issue to date.
This study examined the associations between IPV and children's attentional bias (including API and ANI) in the same model and the mediating roles of fathers' and mothers' harsh discipline-specifically, psychological aggression (PA) and corporal punishment (CP) in China.
A total of 505 Chinese elementary school students (M = 9.82 years; 51 % girls) and their parents participated in this study.
Participants were asked to complete paper questionnaires measuring IPV, parental harsh discipline and children's attentional bias. Structural equation models were employed to test the mediating roles of parental harsh discipline in the associations between IPV and children's attentional bias.
IPV was positively related to children's ANI, while was negatively related to children's API. Additionally, IPV was related to higher level of ANI through the PA of fathers but lower level of API through that of mothers. Moreover, IPV was related to higher level of API through mothers' CP.
These findings suggest the linkage between IPV and children's attentional bias varies with the valence of information-positive or negative-and is differentially mediated by the harsh discipline of fathers and mothers within the Chinese cultural context.
父母间暴力（IPV）经历会影响儿童的注意偏向，这是一个既定事实。然而，现有研究仅调查了IPV与儿童对负面（ANI）或正面信息（API）的注意偏向之间的关系；很少有研究同时考察IPV与这两种注意偏向之间的独特关联。此外，父母的严厉管教可能在上述关联中起中介作用，但迄今为止很少有研究探讨这个问题。
本研究在同一模型中考察IPV与儿童注意偏向（包括API和ANI）之间的关联，以及中国父亲和母亲的严厉管教——具体而言，心理攻击（PA）和体罚（CP）的中介作用。
共有505名中国小学生（M = 9.82岁；51%为女孩）及其父母参与了本研究。
参与者被要求完成测量IPV、父母严厉管教和儿童注意偏向的纸质问卷。采用结构方程模型来检验父母严厉管教在IPV与儿童注意偏向之间关联中的中介作用。
IPV与儿童的ANI呈正相关，而与儿童的API呈负相关。此外，IPV通过父亲的PA与较高水平的ANI相关，但通过母亲的PA与较低水平的API相关。而且，IPV通过母亲的CP与较高水平的API相关。
这些发现表明，在中国文化背景下，IPV与儿童注意偏向之间的联系因信息的效价（正面或负面）而异，并且由父亲和母亲的严厉管教分别介导。
