Sonuga-Barke E J, Mistry M, Qureshi S
Department of Psychology, Shackleton Building, University of Southampton, UK.
Br J Clin Psychol. 1998 Nov;37(4):399-408. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1998.tb01397.x.
The study assessed the impact of intergenerational differences of opinion over child rearing on the mental health of Muslim mothers living in extended families.
The study adopted a correlational design in an attempt to identify factors that accounted for mental health problems.
The child-rearing attitudes of mothers and grandmothers, mothers' mental health, levels of family acculturation and a range of other background and demographic information was collected from 54 extended families living in two Muslim communities in London using Urdu versions of standard questionnaires.
Rates of depression and anxiety among the mothers in the study were high. Grandmothers had more traditional attitudes to child rearing than did mothers. Intergenerational discrepancy over child rearing was more marked in more acculturated families. Discrepancy was associated with higher levels of mothers' anxiety and depression.
The unusually high levels of depression and anxiety displayed by Muslim mothers living in extended families can in part be accounted for by patterns of intergenerational discrepancy. These possibly reflect discordant world views within those families that have been assimilated into the dominant British culture.
本研究评估了大家庭中关于育儿的代际意见差异对穆斯林母亲心理健康的影响。
本研究采用相关性设计，试图确定导致心理健康问题的因素。
使用标准问卷的乌尔都语版本，从伦敦两个穆斯林社区的54个大家庭中收集母亲和祖母的育儿态度、母亲的心理健康状况、家庭文化适应程度以及一系列其他背景和人口统计学信息。
研究中母亲的抑郁和焦虑发生率较高。祖母对育儿的态度比母亲更传统。在文化适应程度更高的家庭中，育儿方面的代际差异更为明显。这种差异与母亲更高水平的焦虑和抑郁有关。
生活在大家庭中的穆斯林母亲异常高的抑郁和焦虑水平部分可由代际差异模式来解释。这些差异可能反映了那些已融入英国主流文化的家庭中不一致的世界观。
