Lengua L J, Sandler I N
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-1525, USA.
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1996 Dec;24(6):681-701. doi: 10.1007/BF01664734.
Investigated the effects of self-regulation as a moderator of the relations between coping efforts and psychological symptoms of children of divorce. The interactions of two dimensions of self-regulation (task orientation and approach-flexibility) and two dimensions of coping (active and avoidant) predicting children's postdivorce symptoms were tested using a sample of 199 divorced mothers and their children, ages 8 to 12. The approach-flexibility dimension moderated the relations of both active and avoidant coping with children's self-report of anxiety. At higher levels of approach-flexibility, active coping was negatively related to anxiety, while at lower levels of approach-flexibility, active coping was unrelated to anxiety. Avoidant coping was unrelated to anxiety at higher levels of approach-flexibility, whereas at lower levels of approach-flexibility, avoidant coping was positively related to anxiety. The task orientation dimension did not interact with coping, but had direct, independent effects on children's self-report of conduct problems, depression, and parent-report of internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. The implications for understanding children's coping with divorce and future directions for research are discussed.
研究了自我调节作为一种调节因素，对离婚家庭子女应对努力与心理症状之间关系的影响。使用199名离婚母亲及其8至12岁子女的样本，测试了自我调节的两个维度（任务导向和方法灵活性）与应对的两个维度（积极应对和回避应对）之间的相互作用，这些相互作用预测了儿童离婚后的症状。方法灵活性维度调节了积极应对和回避应对与儿童焦虑自评之间的关系。在较高的方法灵活性水平下，积极应对与焦虑呈负相关，而在较低的方法灵活性水平下，积极应对与焦虑无关。在较高的方法灵活性水平下，回避应对与焦虑无关，而在较低的方法灵活性水平下，回避应对与焦虑呈正相关。任务导向维度与应对没有相互作用，但对儿童的品行问题自评、抑郁以及家长报告的内化和外化行为问题有直接的、独立的影响。文中讨论了对理解儿童应对离婚的意义以及未来的研究方向。
