The effect of maternal empathy on infants' attachment security: Moderation by maternal emotion regulation and infant temperament.
The effect of maternal empathy on infants' attachment security: Moderation by maternal emotion regulation and infant temperament.
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DOI：
10.1002/pchj.631
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发表时间：
2023-02
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影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Nanhua Cheng;Xingjian Ruan;Zhi-xiong Wu;Xiaodong Yue;Zhengyan Wang
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作者：
Nanhua Cheng;Xingjian Ruan;Zhi-xiong Wu;Xiaodong Yue;Zhengyan Wang
本研究考察了母亲共情与婴儿依恋安全感的关系，并检验了母亲情绪调节与婴儿负性情绪气质的调节作用。参与者从215个婴儿6个月大的家庭（T1）和同一队列的170个婴儿14个月大的家庭（T2）中抽取。在T1，母亲被测量他们的同理心（同理心的关注和观点采择），情绪调节（重新评价和抑制），和婴儿的负面情绪气质（悲伤，下降的反应，恐惧和痛苦的限制）。在T2，母亲再次测量他们的情绪调节，婴儿依恋使用陌生情境程序。母亲的共情关怀（EC）和观点采择（PT）与婴儿的依恋安全性呈正相关，母亲的重评价和婴儿的情绪悲伤调节了母亲PT与婴儿依恋安全性的关系。母亲EC和婴儿依恋安全性之间没有显着的调节作用。简单斜率结果显示，对于母亲重评或婴儿悲伤程度较高的婴儿，母亲PT能正向预测婴儿依恋安全性。这些发现强调了母亲和婴儿的个体特征如何在婴儿依恋形成的关键时期与母亲共情相互作用的重要性。
This study examined the relationship between maternal empathy and infants' attachment security and tested the moderating effects of maternal emotion regulation and infant negative emotional temperament. Participants were sampled from 215 families whose infants were 6 months old (T1) and from 170 families of the same cohort whose infants were 14 months old (T2). At T1, mothers were measured for their empathy (empathic concern and perspective taking), emotion regulation (reappraisal and suppression), and infant negative emotional temperament (sadness, falling reactivity, fear, and distress to limitations). At T2, mothers were again measured for their emotion regulation, and infant attachment was measured using the Strange Situation Procedure. Maternal empathic concern (EC) and perspective taking (PT) were found to be positively related to infant attachment security, while maternal reappraisal and infant temperamental sadness moderated the relationship between maternal PT and infant attachment security. No significant moderation effects were found between maternal EC and infant attachment security. Simple slope results showed that for infants with higher maternal reappraisal or infant sadness, maternal PT could positively predict infant attachment security. These findings highlight the importance of how the individual characteristics of mothers and infants may interact with maternal empathy during the critical period of infant attachment formation.