Marital conflict and children's emotional security in the context of parental depression
Marital conflict and children's emotional security in the context of parental depression
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00514.x
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发表时间：
2008-08-01
影响因子：
6
通讯作者：
Cummings, E. Mark
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作者：
Kouros, Chrystyna D.;Merrilees, Christine E.;Cummings, E. Mark
有证据表明，情绪安全感是将婚姻冲突与子女适应联系起来的一个解释变量。进一步的证据表明，父母的精神病态是儿童发育的一个关键因素。为了促进对这些家庭风险因素影响儿童发展的途径的理解，研究了父母可能患有抑郁症的儿童与父母症状水平较低的儿童相比，情绪安全感的中介作用(即缓和调解)。参与者包括297个家庭，每年评估一次，为期3年。父亲的抑郁缓和了途径，因此婚姻冲突与2年后在父亲抑郁的背景下孩子更大的情感不安全感有关。测试替代路径，情绪不安全感在母亲抑郁和外在问题之间的关系中起中介作用。
Evidence has emerged for emotional security as an explanatory variable linking marital conflict to children's adjustment. Further evidence suggests parental psychopathology is a key factor in child development. To advance understanding of the pathways by which these family risk factors impact children's development, the mediational role of emotional security for children with parents who have potentially clinical levels of depression compared to children whose parents have lower levels of symptomatology was examined (i.e., moderated mediation). Participants included 297 families assessed annually for 3 years. Paternal depression moderated pathways, such that marital conflict was associated with greater child emotional insecurity 2 years later in the context of paternal depression. Testing alternative pathways, emotional insecurity mediated relations between maternal depression and externalizing problems.