Leadbeater B J, Bishop S J
Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8205.
Child Dev. 1994 Apr;65(2 Spec No):638-48.
Maternal reports on the Child Behavior Checklist/2-3 (CBCL/2-3) were used to evaluate child, maternal, and environmental predictors of behavior problems in 83 preschool children of disadvantaged adolescent mothers. CBCL/2-3 scores correlated modestly with independent ratings of child difficult behaviors observed in videotaped mother-child play interactions. 13% of children had scores in the clinical range. Significant correlations were consistently found between CBCL/2-3 ratings and maternal depressive symptoms, social supports, and life stress--assessed 3 times during the first year postpartum. In hierarchical regression analyses, maternal depressive symptoms, residence with the adolescent's mother, and perceived emotional support from friends contributed most to the explained variance. A significant ethnicity x child gender interaction term also suggested that African American mothers of male children reported more behavioral problems. Findings evidence the heterogeneity of outcomes for children of disadvantaged adolescent mothers but also demonstrate how correlates of poverty negatively affect their socioemotional development.
母亲对儿童行为量表/2 - 3岁版（CBCL/2 - 3）的报告被用于评估83名弱势青少年母亲的学龄前儿童行为问题的儿童、母亲及环境预测因素。CBCL/2 - 3得分与在录像的母子游戏互动中观察到的儿童难养行为的独立评分呈适度相关。13%的儿童得分处于临床范围。在产后第一年进行了3次评估，结果发现CBCL/2 - 3评分与母亲抑郁症状、社会支持及生活压力之间始终存在显著相关性。在分层回归分析中，母亲抑郁症状、与青少年母亲同住以及来自朋友的感知情感支持对解释方差的贡献最大。一个显著的种族×儿童性别交互项还表明，非裔美国男性儿童的母亲报告的行为问题更多。研究结果证明了弱势青少年母亲的孩子其结果具有异质性，但也表明贫困相关因素如何对他们的社会情感发展产生负面影响。
