Sculpting Culture: Early Maternal Responsiveness and Child Emotion Regulation - A UK-Italy Comparison
Sculpting Culture: Early Maternal Responsiveness and Child Emotion Regulation - A UK-Italy Comparison
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10.1177/0022022120971353
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发表时间：
2021-01-01
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Murray, Lynne
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作者：
Bozicevic, Laura;De Pascalis, Leonardo;Murray, Lynne
母婴互动，包括文化上的特定特征，已经被发现可以预测儿童的社会情感发展（例如，社会沟通和情绪调节（ER））。然而，缺乏对所涉具体过程的研究。我们使用了跨文化，纵向设计和微观分析编码方法来解决这个问题。从英国（N = 21）和意大利（N = 31），分别代表北方欧洲和地中海文化，招募了52对母婴。虽然这些文化共享亲子关系的核心特征，但他们对情感表达的价值观不同。我们观察了2个月（T1）时面对面的母婴互动，并对婴儿的社会情感行为和母亲的反应进行了编码。儿童再次看到在2年（T2），当他们的ER在面对挫折，使用障碍任务，进行了评估，并发生不同的“成熟”的策略（沟通和自主）编码。结果显示，在T1（婴儿的社会情感表达，和母亲的积极反应）的互动的共同特点，但也不同的婴儿线索的频率（更多的前讲话在英国的婴儿，更多的微笑在意大利），和母亲的反应，他们的文化差异。虽然更大的整体母亲的反应在T1预测更成熟的ER一般在T2，在早期响应特定的婴儿行为的文化差异预测后组的差异，在儿童使用特定的ER策略，英国儿童使用更多的沟通策略，和意大利人更自主。研究结果表明，积极的母性行为在不同文化中很常见（例如，反应性）促进整体成功的儿童情绪调节，而文化特定的互动特征与儿童社会情绪结果的表达方式有关。
Mother-infant interactions, including culturally specific features, have been found to predict child socio-emotional development (e.g., social communication and emotion regulation (ER)). However, research is lacking on the specific processes involved. We used a cross-cultural, longitudinal design, and a microanalytic coding approach to address this issue. Fifty-two mother-infant dyads were recruited from the UK (N = 21) and Italy (N = 31), representing Northern European and Mediterranean cultures, respectively. While these cultures share core features of parent-child relationships, their values about emotional expressiveness differ. We observed face-to-face mother-infant interactions at 2 months (T1), and coded infant socio-emotional behavior and maternal responses. Children were seen again at 2 years (T2), when their ER in the face of frustration, using the Barrier Task, was assessed, and the occurrence of different "mature" strategies (communicative and autonomous) coded. Results revealed common features of interactions at T1 (infant socio-emotional expressions, and maternal positive responses), but also cultural variation in the frequency of different infant cues (more pre-speech in UK infants, more smiles in Italians), and of maternal responses to them. While greater overall maternal responsiveness at T1 predicted more mature ER in general at T2, cultural differences in early responsiveness to specific infant behaviors predicted later group differences in children's use of particular ER strategies, with UK children using more communicative strategies, and Italians more autonomous. Findings indicate that positive maternal behaviors that are common across cultures (e.g., responsiveness) promote overall successful child emotion regulation, while culturally specific features of interactions are associated with how child socio-emotional outcomes are expressed.