CHILD INFLUENCES ON ADULT CONTROLS - AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION
CHILD INFLUENCES ON ADULT CONTROLS - AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION
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DOI:
10.1037/0012-1649.20.6.1074
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
HENGGELER, SW
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作者:
BRUNK, MA;HENGGELER, SW
Members of dyadic systems seem to behave in ways that maintain an equilibrium. When a member''s behavior falls below a lower threshold the other member''s behavior falls below a lower theshold the member elicits increased behavior (lower-limit control). When a member''s behavior surpasses an upper threshold the other acts to reduce this excessive behavior (upper-limit control). An observational method was used to assess the effects of lower-limit and upper-limit child behaviors on adult controls. Two 10-yr-old child confederates trained in conduct-problem and anxious-withdrawn roles interacted with 32 mothers in a semistructured play situation. Multivariate and univariate statistical analyses revealed that mothers exhibited more stimulating controls (helping and rewards) in the anxious-withdrawn condition and more restrictive controls (ignoring, commands and discipline) in the conduct-problem condition. Mothers responded more to cognitive sets they developed during the interaction than to the child''s actual behavior. Results supported a model of bidirectionality.