Loss N, Beck S J, Wallace A
Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1995 Jun;23(3):397-409. doi: 10.1007/BF01447564.
This study examined the concordance of third- and sixth-grade distressed and nondistressed children's self-reports of the occurrence and perceived impact of life events that had occurred during the preceding 12 months with their mothers' perceptions. The study also examined whether maternal self-reports of dysphoria affects concordance between mother/child dyads on children's self-reports of occurrence and perceived impact of life events. Eighty-eight mother/child dyads, matched on Children's Depression Inventory scores, grade, sex, race, and school were included. Results indicated that distressed children endorsed more items on the Coddington Life Events Record (LER), and perceived them more negatively, than nondistressed children. Small, but statistically significant concordance rates were found between dyads on the occurrence of life events and the perceived impact of these events: Distressed children and their mothers had more mutually endorsed items than nondistressed children and mothers, and third-grade children had higher concordance rates with their mothers when compared to sixth-grade children. Third-grade children also appeared to commit more errors of commission on the LER. Finally, maternal distress mediated mother/child concordance. Possible explanations for these results and future research directions are discussed.
本研究考察了三、六年级中情绪困扰儿童和非情绪困扰儿童关于前12个月内发生的生活事件的发生情况及感知影响的自我报告，与他们母亲的认知之间的一致性。该研究还考察了母亲的烦躁不安自我报告是否会影响母子二元组在儿童关于生活事件发生情况及感知影响的自我报告上的一致性。研究纳入了88对母子二元组，这些二元组在儿童抑郁量表得分、年级、性别、种族和学校方面进行了匹配。结果表明，与非情绪困扰儿童相比，情绪困扰儿童在科丁顿生活事件记录（LER）上认可的条目更多，且对这些条目的感知更消极。在生活事件的发生情况及这些事件的感知影响方面，二元组之间发现了较小但具有统计学意义的一致率：与非情绪困扰儿童及其母亲相比，情绪困扰儿童及其母亲相互认可的条目更多；与六年级儿童相比，三年级儿童与其母亲的一致率更高。三年级儿童在LER上似乎也犯了更多的肯定性错误。最后，母亲的情绪困扰介导了母子之间的一致性。文中讨论了这些结果的可能解释及未来的研究方向。
