The Long Arm of Maternal Differential Treatment: Effects of Recalled and Current Favoritism on Adult Children's Psychological Well-Being.
The Long Arm of Maternal Differential Treatment: Effects of Recalled and Current Favoritism on Adult Children's Psychological Well-Being.
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母亲差别待遇的长臂：回忆和当前的偏袒对成年子女心理健康的影响。
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10.1093/geronb/gbw105
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2018
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Gilligan,Megan
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Peng,Siyun;Suitor,JJill;Gilligan,Megan
本研究借鉴经典的社会心理学和生命历程理论，比较了当前和过去的母性差别治疗(MDT)对成年子女中年抑郁症状的影响。方法为了解决这个问题，我们收集了293个晚年家庭中746名成年子女的数据，作为家庭内差异研究的一部分。结果多水平回归表明，从小就对母亲分化的记忆和对母亲当前对冲突的厌恶都可以预测抑郁症状，而对当前情感亲密的偏爱的知觉并不能预测抑郁症状。讨论，这项调查的结果反映了社会比较理论和生命历程的原理，即儿童对当前MDT和童年回忆的MDT的看法都会影响儿童中年的幸福感。这些发现有助于越来越多的文献强调亲子关系中的家庭差异在整个生命过程中对幸福感的作用。
ObjectivesIn this article, we draw from classic theories of social psychology and the life course to compare the effects of current and recalled perceived maternal differential treatment (MDT) on the depressive symptoms of adult children in midlife.MethodTo address this question, we used data collected from 746 adult children nested within 293 later-life families as part of the Within-Family Differences Study.ResultsMultilevel regression revealed that both recollections of maternal differentiation from childhood and perceptions of mothers’ current disfavoritism regarding conflict predicted depressive symptoms, whereas perceptions of current favoritism regarding emotional closeness did not.DiscussionTaken together, the findings from this investigation reflect principles of theories of social comparison and the life course in that both perceptions of current MDT and MDT recalled from childhood affect children’s well-being in midlife. These findings contribute to a growing body of literature highlighting the role of within-family differences in parent–child relationships on well-being across the life course.