Huczewska Izabela, Kruk Klaudia, Mynarska Monika
Institute of Psychology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
J Reprod Infant Psychol. 2025 Mar 19:1-16. doi: 10.1080/02646838.2025.2480388.
AIMS/BACKGROUND: Childhood experiences of assuming adult-like roles and responsibilities (parentification) can substantially affect a person's functioning at different stages of adult development. This study explores how childhood parentification and its perceived fairness are related to young adults' childbearing motivations (positive and negative) and desire to become a parent. We examine the role of instrumental as well as emotional parentification.
DESIGN/METHODS: The Childbearing Questionnaire-Short-Form and the Filial Responsibility Scale-Adult were administered to 491 Polish childless men and women (18-35 years old). Moderated mediation models were applied.
We found that those who reported higher levels of parentification in childhood also exhibited a stronger desire to have a first child. The analysis of moderated mediation models demonstrated that both forms of parentification indirectly increased the desire to have a child through higher positive childbearing motivation. However, these effects were weaker (or nonsignificant) for those who felt their childhood roles were unfair.
Our findings support and advance existing theoretical models of parentification and childbearing decisions by highlighting the important role of the perceived fairness of parentification in the choice to become a parent.
目的/背景：童年时期承担类似成人的角色和责任（即父母化）的经历会在很大程度上影响一个人在成年发展不同阶段的机能。本研究探讨童年时期的父母化及其感知到的公平性如何与年轻人的生育动机（积极和消极）以及成为父母的愿望相关联。我们考察了工具性父母化和情感性父母化的作用。
设计/方法：对491名波兰无子女的男性和女性（年龄在18至35岁之间）进行了生育问卷简表和成年子女责任量表的施测。应用了调节中介模型。
我们发现，那些报告童年时期父母化程度较高的人也表现出更强的生育头胎的愿望。调节中介模型分析表明，两种形式的父母化都通过更高的积极生育动机间接增加了生育子女的愿望。然而，对于那些觉得自己童年角色不公平的人来说，这些影响较弱（或不显著）。
我们的研究结果通过强调父母化感知公平性在成为父母选择中的重要作用，支持并推进了现有的父母化和生育决策理论模型。
