Maternal supportive and interfering control as predictors of adaptive and social development in children with and without developmental delays
Maternal supportive and interfering control as predictors of adaptive and social development in children with and without developmental delays
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DOI：
10.1111/jir.12064
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发表时间：
2014-08-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Baker, B.
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Green, S.;Caplan, B.;Baker, B.
研究背景发育迟缓(DD)儿童的父母比典型发育迟缓(TD)儿童的父母对孩子使用更多的控制行为。虽然控制行为与TD儿童较差的发展结果有关，但关于它如何预测DD儿童的结果的研究很少。此外，现有的研究倾向于使用不一致或非特定的控制行为定义，通常将遵循儿童目标的父母控制(例如支持方向)和干扰儿童目标的父母控制(例如干预)结合在一起。方法受试者是200名3岁时观察到的母子二人，分别在5岁和6岁时对适应行为和社交技能进行跟踪评估。我们根据母亲与孩子在3岁时与TD(n=113)或DD(n=87)的互动情况对两种类型的控制行为的频率进行了编码。结果DD组的母亲比TD组的母亲使用更多的干预性指令行为，而不是更多的支持性指令行为。儿童在5岁时评估适应行为，在6岁时评估社交技能。支持性指令行为的频率越高，TD组的适应功能越好，DD组的社交技能越好。干预行为的频度越高，儿童的适应能力和社交能力越差，但对儿童的适应能力和社交能力无明显影响。结论本研究结果从儿童的不同发展需要和早期干预的角度进行了讨论。
Background Parents of children with developmental delays (DD) have been found to use more controlling behaviour with their children than parents of children with typical development (TD). While controlling behaviour is related to poorer developmental outcomes in TD children, there is little research on how it predicts outcomes in DD children. Furthermore, existing research tends to use inconsistent or non-specific definitions of controlling behaviour, often combining parent control which follows the child's goal (e. g. supportive direction) and that which interferes with the child's goal (e. g. interference).Methods Participants were 200 mother-child dyads observed at child age 3, with follow-up assessments of adaptive behaviour and social skills administered at child ages 5 and 6, respectively. We coded the frequency of both types of controlling behaviour based on mothers' interactions with their children with TD (n = 113) or DD (n = 87) at age 3.Results Mothers in the DD group used more interfering but not more supportive directive acts compared to mothers in the TD group. Adaptive behaviour was assessed at child age 5 and social skills were assessed at age 6. Higher frequency of supportive directive acts predicted better adaptive functioning for the TD group and better social skills for the DD group. Higher frequency of interfering acts predicted lower adaptive and social skills for children with DD but not with TD.Conclusions Results are discussed in terms of the differential developmental needs of children with and without DD as well as implications for early intervention.