Cantos A L, Neale J M, O'Leary K D, Gaines R W
Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA.
Child Abuse Negl. 1997 Jul;21(7):631-6. doi: 10.1016/s0145-2134(97)00022-7.
Mothers who had physically abused their children were assessed to determine whether these mothers had a general coping skills deficit.
Abusing mothers (n = 17) were compared to nonabusing mothers of conduct problem children (n = 16). Coping was measured by several methods, each designed to address the insufficiencies of the others.
In comparison to the nonabusing mothers, independent ratings indicated that abusing mothers exhibited a pattern of coping characterized by greater use of emotion-focused coping strategies and less use of effective problem-focused strategies. Finally, using self report ratings of coping, abusing mothers perceived their coping to be more ineffective than the nonabusing mothers.
The possibility that the observed coping skills deficit may be indicative of a deficit in emotional responding to stress was discussed and suggestions were given for therapeutic interventions with child abusing mothers.
对虐待过孩子的母亲进行评估，以确定这些母亲是否存在一般应对技能缺陷。
将虐待孩子的母亲（n = 17）与有行为问题孩子的非虐待母亲（n = 16）进行比较。通过多种方法测量应对能力，每种方法都旨在弥补其他方法的不足。
与非虐待母亲相比，独立评级表明，虐待母亲表现出一种应对模式，其特点是更多地使用以情绪为中心的应对策略，而较少使用有效的以问题为中心的策略。最后，通过应对的自我报告评级，虐待母亲认为自己的应对比非虐待母亲更无效。
讨论了观察到的应对技能缺陷可能表明在应对压力时情绪反应存在缺陷的可能性，并针对虐待孩子的母亲提出了治疗干预建议。
