Short K H, Johnston C
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
J Consult Clin Psychol. 1997 Jun;65(3):494-503. doi: 10.1037//0022-006x.65.3.494.
This study examined, in the context of a stress-buffering model, the relationship of certain family-level variables to children's adjustment after immigration. Immigrant Chinese mothers from Hong Kong completed questionnaires regarding postmigration stress, personal distress, perceived social support, and their child's adjustment. Another adult also provided child behavior ratings. Analyses revealed that, for boys, family stress and maternal distress were significant predictors of child problems and that maternal support buffered the association between family stress and child problems. Contrary to expectation, the relationship between maternal distress and boys' problems was stronger at higher levels of maternal support. For families of girls, although there were significant relationships between the predictors and child behavior, no stress buffering was evident. Cultural explanations are discussed.
本研究在压力缓冲模型的背景下，考察了某些家庭层面变量与移民后儿童适应情况之间的关系。来自香港的华裔移民母亲完成了关于移民后压力、个人困扰、感知到的社会支持以及其子女适应情况的问卷调查。另一位成年人也提供了儿童行为评分。分析结果显示，对于男孩而言，家庭压力和母亲的困扰是儿童问题的重要预测因素，并且母亲的支持缓冲了家庭压力与儿童问题之间的关联。与预期相反，在母亲支持水平较高时，母亲的困扰与男孩问题之间的关系更强。对于女孩家庭，尽管预测因素与儿童行为之间存在显著关系，但未发现明显的压力缓冲效应。文中讨论了文化方面的解释。
