Gafni-Lachter Liat, Kailkian Joanna, Korngold-Dvir Vered, Dahan Gil, Ben-Sasson Ayelet
Department of Occupational therapy, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Ministry of Education, Nahariya, Israel.
Br J Occup Ther. 2022 Jun;85(6):438-445. doi: 10.1177/03080226211031800. Epub 2021 Jul 17.
Sensory modulation impacts daily family life; however, parents' sensory traits are rarely considered and analysed together with their child's. This study aimed to: (1) determine the association between healthy child and mother sensory modulation traits and (2) examine how these traits interact in predicting daily parenting challenges.
Seventy-three healthy mothers of typically developing 3-6-year-old children completed the Short Sensory Profile, Adult/Adolescent Sensory Profile and Parenting Daily Hassles questionnaires. Mother and child sensory over-responsivity (SOR), under-responsivity (SUR) and seeking traits were entered as predictors of frequency of daily hassles.
Mother and child's SOR and SUR traits were significantly associated ( = .33 and .25, respectively). The frequency of parenting challenges was significantly associated with both mother and child's sensory seeking ( = .25 and .26, respectively). A mediation model demonstrated a significant indirect effect of mother SOR on the frequency of daily hassles ( = .26, < .05), with the child's SOR ( = .33, < .01), and seeking behaviours ( = .48, < .001) mediating this effect.
Mothers with elevated sensory traits of children with elevated sensory traits are likely to experience higher frequencies of daily parenting burden, even within the typical population. Therapists who wish to practice a developmental and family-centred approach should assess how the mother-child sensory traits interact and how this interaction can influence the family's well-being.
感觉调节会影响家庭日常生活；然而，父母的感觉特质很少与孩子的一起被考虑和分析。本研究旨在：（1）确定健康儿童与母亲的感觉调节特质之间的关联，以及（2）研究这些特质在预测日常育儿挑战时如何相互作用。
73名3至6岁发育正常儿童的健康母亲完成了《简短感觉概况量表》《成人/青少年感觉概况量表》和《育儿日常烦恼问卷》。将母亲和孩子的感觉过度反应（SOR）、反应不足（SUR）及寻求特质作为日常烦恼频率的预测因素。
母亲和孩子的SOR及SUR特质显著相关（分别为r = 0.33和r = 0.25）。育儿挑战的频率与母亲和孩子的感觉寻求均显著相关（分别为r = 0.25和r = 0.26）。一个中介模型显示母亲的SOR对日常烦恼频率有显著的间接效应（r = 0.26，p < 0.05），孩子的SOR（r = 0.33，p < 0.01）和寻求行为（r = 0.48，p < 0.001）介导了这一效应。
即使在一般人群中，感觉特质较高的孩子的母亲也可能经历更高频率的日常育儿负担。希望采用发展和家庭中心方法的治疗师应评估母子感觉特质如何相互作用以及这种相互作用如何影响家庭幸福。
