Adrenocortical Underpinnings of Children's Psychological Reactivity to Interparental Conflict
Adrenocortical Underpinnings of Children's Psychological Reactivity to Interparental Conflict
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01219.x
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发表时间：
2008-11-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Cummings, E. Mark
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作者：
Davies, Patrick T.;Sturge-Apple, Melissa L.;Cummings, E. Mark
本研究以208名一年级学生（平均年龄6.6岁）为样本，探讨了儿童皮质醇反应与其对父母冲突的心理反应之间的相互关系。儿童对冲突的心理反应的评估在多种方法中区分了他们的痛苦、敌对和参与反应（即，观察，问卷调查）和知情人（即，观察者，父母）。相对于其他形式的冲突反应，儿童的痛苦反应，父母间的冲突是一致的，独特的预测他们升高的皮质醇反应，父母间的冲突，即使在包括人口因素作为调节因子和协变量。主持人的分析进一步揭示，痛苦和皮质醇水平升高之间的关联，以应对父母间的冲突时，儿童表现出高水平的参与冲突特别明显。
This study examined interrelationships among children's cortisol reactivity and their psychological reactivity to interparental conflict in a sample of 208 first graders (mean age = 6.6 years). Assessments of children's psychological reactivity to conflict distinguished among their distress, hostile, and involvement responses across multiple methods (i.e., observation, questionnaire) and informants (i.e., observer, parent). Relative to other forms of conflict reactivity, children's distress responses to interparental conflict were consistent, unique predictors of their elevated cortisol reactivity to interparental conflict even after inclusion of demographic factors as moderators and covariates. Moderator analyses further revealed that associations between distress and elevated cortisol levels in response to interparental conflict were particularly pronounced when children exhibited high levels of involvement in conflicts.