The influence of maternal stress and distress on disruptive behavior problems in boys
The influence of maternal stress and distress on disruptive behavior problems in boys
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DOI：
10.1097/00004583-200503000-00011
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发表时间：
2005-03-01
影响因子：
13.3
通讯作者：
Wells, KC
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作者：
Barry, TD;Dunlap, ST;Wells, KC
目的：本研究探讨了母亲自我报告的压力和痛苦与儿童破坏性行为之间的关系。方法：收集了 215 名年龄从 9 岁到 12 岁的男性参与者的母亲和老师对儿童破坏性行为问题（注意力问题、攻击性和犯罪行为）的评分。参与的母亲还提供了有关社会经济地位（SES）、养育压力和痛苦（抑郁和焦虑/躯体化）的自我报告数据。结果：低社会经济地位与母亲和老师报告的儿童破坏性行为问题显着相关。回归分析表明，即使在控制社会经济地位的情况下，养育压力与母亲报告的孩子破坏性行为问题之间也存在联系。结果还表明，即使在控制社会经济地位和养育压力的情况下，母亲的痛苦与母亲报告的孩子破坏性行为问题（特别是注意力问题）之间也存在显着关系。母亲的压力和痛苦与教师报告的儿童破坏性行为问题没有显着相关。结论：虽然教师报告的行为问题与母亲的压力和痛苦之间缺乏关联，可以被解释为这些母亲的评估者偏见，但母亲的症状可能与家庭环境压力有关，从而加剧了儿童的破坏性行为问题，并最终导致母亲和儿童的症状之间存在相互关系。
Objective: The current study examined how self-reported maternal stress and distress are associated with child disruptive behaviors. Method: Mother and teacher ratings of child disruptive behavior problems (attention problems, aggression, and delinquency) were collected for 215 male participants, ranging in age from 9 to 12 years. Participating mothers also provided self-report data on socioeconomic status (SES), parenting stress, and distress (depression and anxiety/somatization). Results: Low SES was significantly associated with both mother- and teacher-reported child disruptive behavior problems. Regression analyses indicated a relation between parenting stress and mother-reported child disruptive behavior problems, even when controlling for SES. Results also indicated a significant relation between maternal distress and mother-reported child disruptive behavior problems (particularly attention problems), even when controlling for SES and parenting stress. Maternal stress and distress were not significantly related to teacher-reported child disruptive behavior problems. Conclusions: Although the lack of an association between teacher-reported behavior problems and maternal stress and distress could be interpreted as a rater bias by these mothers, it may be that the mothers' symptoms are associated with a stressful home environment, thus exacerbating child disruptive behavior problems and eventually leading to a reciprocal relation between symptomatology in mothers and children.