Kim L S, Sandler I N, Tein J Y
Arizona State University, Tempe 85287, USA.
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1997 Apr;25(2):145-55. doi: 10.1023/a:1025783513076.
This paper examined the stress moderator and mediator effects of four dimensions of perceived control in children of divorce. The dimensions of locus of control included internal control for positive events, internal control for negative events, unknown control for positive events, and unknown control for negative events. The sample consisted of 222 children between the ages of 8 and 12 whose parents had divorced in the previous 2 years. Moderational analyses showed that unknown control for positive events interacted with negative events to predict total symptoms. Plots of the simple slopes indicated a stress buffering effect whereby the slope of negative events on symptoms was higher for high than for low levels of unknown control for positive events. Mediational analysis showed that the relations between negative events and symptoms were mediated by both unknown control for positive events and unknown control for negative events. In contrast, evidence was not found for either a stress mediational or a moderational model for perceived internal control for positive or negative events. These results suggest that unknown control beliefs may be a particularly important dimension of control for children of divorce.
本文考察了离婚家庭子女感知控制四个维度的压力调节和中介效应。控制点维度包括积极事件的内部控制、消极事件的内部控制、积极事件的未知控制和消极事件的未知控制。样本由222名8至12岁的儿童组成，他们的父母在过去两年内离婚。调节分析表明，积极事件的未知控制与消极事件相互作用，以预测总症状。简单斜率图显示出一种压力缓冲效应，即对于积极事件的未知控制水平较高的情况，消极事件对症状的斜率高于较低水平的情况。中介分析表明，消极事件与症状之间的关系由积极事件的未知控制和消极事件的未知控制共同介导。相比之下，未发现积极或消极事件的感知内部控制的压力中介或调节模型的证据。这些结果表明，未知控制信念可能是离婚家庭子女控制的一个特别重要的维度。
