el-Sheikh M, Reiter S L
Department of Psychology, Auburn University, Alabama 36849, USA.
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1996 Aug;24(4):401-15. doi: 10.1007/BF01441564.
Children's responses to interadult arguments were examined as a function of three forms of disputes: covert, verbal, and physical. Four- to seven-year-olds' overt-behavioral responses to live enactments of arguments between a male and a female were videotaped and coded for behavioral distress and anger/aggression, and children were then interviewed. Although children exhibited overt-behavioral distress in response to all forms of disputes, physical arguments evoked the highest levels of distress. Some gender differences in responding were observed. In comparison to boys, girls exhibited more overt distress during the arguments, and wanted to stop physical arguments more frequently. The results extend findings based on the videotape methodology of the presentation of interadult arguments indicating that form of anger expression impacts children's emotional responding to interadult conflict.
研究了儿童对成人之间争吵的反应，并将其作为三种争吵形式的函数进行考察：隐蔽的、口头的和肢体的。对4至7岁儿童对一男一女之间现场争吵表演的公开行为反应进行录像，并对行为困扰和愤怒/攻击行为进行编码，然后对儿童进行访谈。尽管儿童对所有形式的争吵都表现出公开的行为困扰，但肢体争吵引发的困扰程度最高。观察到了一些反应上的性别差异。与男孩相比，女孩在争吵中表现出更多的公开困扰，并且更频繁地希望停止肢体争吵。这些结果扩展了基于成人之间争吵呈现的录像带方法的研究结果，表明愤怒表达形式会影响儿童对成人冲突的情绪反应。
