Contextual influences on concordance between maternal report and laboratory observation of toddler fear.
Contextual influences on concordance between maternal report and laboratory observation of toddler fear.
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10.1037/emo0000230
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2017-03
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Hummel AC
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作者：
Kiel EJ;Hummel AC
情绪和气质研究人员一直面临着一个长期的问题，即如何最好地衡量儿童表达特定情绪的倾向。实验室观察和父母报告之间的不一致性使研究人员难以确定这些不同形式的测量的效用。目前的研究检查了实验室发作特征的影响（即，事件的威胁水平，母亲参与）之间的一致性母亲的报告和实验室观察幼儿恐惧。样本包括111名母亲-幼儿二人组，他们在幼儿大约24个月大时参加了实验室评估。幼儿的恐惧进行了评估，通过母亲的报告和观察，从一些实验室事件，不同的威胁程度，以及母亲是否是自由或限制，在他们参与的任务。结果表明，与观察到的恐惧相关的产妇报告构成了低威胁事件，但不是高威胁事件。另一方面，产妇参与实验室事件没有缓和产妇报告和实验室观察的恐惧之间的关系。这些结果表明，实验室事件的威胁水平，旨在引起恐惧，但不是产妇参与这些事件，可能是重要的考虑评估其关系时，产妇报告的恐惧和可怕的气质。
Emotion and temperament researchers have faced an enduring issue of how to best measure children’s tendencies to express specific emotions. Inconsistencies between laboratory observation and parental report have made it challenging for researchers to determine the utility of these different forms of measurement. The current study examined the effect of laboratory episode characteristics (i.e., threat-level of the episode, maternal involvement) on concordance between maternal report and laboratory observation of toddler fear. The sample included 111 mother-toddler dyads who participated in a laboratory assessment when toddlers were approximately 24-months-old. Toddler fear was assessed both via maternal report and observation from a number of laboratory episodes that varied in their level of threat and whether mothers were free or constrained in their involvement in the task. Results indicated that maternal report related to the observed fear composites for low-threat, but not high-threat episodes. On the other hand, maternal involvement in the laboratory episodes did not moderate the relation between maternal report and laboratory observation of fear. These results suggest that the threat-level of laboratory episodes designed to elicit fear, but not maternal involvement in these episodes, may be important to take into consideration when assessing their relation to maternal report of fear and fearful temperament.