Christensen A, Phillips S, Glasgow R E, Johnson S M
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1983 Mar;11(1):153-66. doi: 10.1007/BF00912185.
Thirty-six families with a preteenage behavior problem child were assessed on measures of marital discord, parental psychopathology, and three parental cognitive factors: knowledge of behavioral principles, tolerance for child deviancy, and expectations regarding their child's behavior. Nine nonproblem families with demographic characteristics similar to the problem families were also assessed. Correlational analyses across all families revealed a strong association between marital discord and the parental index of child behavior problems. While a number of significant associations were discovered between the various measures of marital discord, parental psychopathology, and parental cognitive factors, no other measure besides marital discord was associated with parental perception of child behavior problems. The nonproblem families and 15 of the problem families also participated in home observations obtained through random audio recordings during high interaction periods. These observational data indicated a significant relationship between parental perception of child behavior problems and parental negative behavior toward the child, but no significant relationship between parental perception of child behavior problems and child behavior, even when child behavior was weighted by parents' reactions to that behavior. Through sequential analysis, several contingent relations between parent and child behavior were discovered. Findings are discussed in relation to family systems theory.
三十六户有青春期前行为问题儿童的家庭接受了婚姻不和、父母精神病理学以及三个父母认知因素的评估：行为原则知识、对儿童偏差行为的容忍度以及对孩子行为的期望。还评估了九个与问题家庭人口特征相似的非问题家庭。对所有家庭进行的相关分析显示，婚姻不和与父母的儿童行为问题指数之间存在强烈关联。虽然在婚姻不和、父母精神病理学和父母认知因素的各种测量之间发现了许多显著关联，但除婚姻不和外，没有其他测量与父母对儿童行为问题的认知相关。非问题家庭和15个问题家庭还参与了在高互动期通过随机录音获得的家庭观察。这些观察数据表明，父母对儿童行为问题的认知与父母对孩子的负面行为之间存在显著关系，但父母对儿童行为问题的认知与儿童行为之间没有显著关系，即使儿童行为根据父母对该行为的反应进行加权。通过序列分析，发现了亲子行为之间的几种条件关系。研究结果结合家庭系统理论进行了讨论。
