Correlates of expressed emotion in mothers of clinically-referred youth: an examination of the five-minute speech sample
Correlates of expressed emotion in mothers of clinically-referred youth: an examination of the five-minute speech sample
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DOI：
10.1111/1469-7610.00090
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发表时间：
2002-09-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Weisz, JR
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作者：
McCarty, CA;Weisz, JR
背景资料：大多数研究应用成人衍生的“表达情绪”（EE）的措施，儿童结合批评（CRIT）和情绪过度参与（EOI）。然而，一些被编码为EOI的父母行为对父母及其成年子女有负面影响（例如，关于儿子或女儿的多个正面评论）对父母及其未成年子女来说可能是正常的和良性的。因此，EOI，目前操作，可能不相关的儿童精神病理学的方式CRIT。方法：我们测试了这种可能性，分离CRIT和EOI，并在258名7-17岁的临床转诊儿童样本中检查每个人的评分标准与精神病理学因素的关系。结果如下：而四个CRIT标准呈正相关的母亲报告的儿童精神病理学，特别是外化的问题，只有两个EOI标准的五个儿童精神病理学呈正相关，和一个（积极的评论）呈负相关。结构方程模型的研究结果支持一个模型，CRIT部分介导母亲的精神病理学和儿童外化症状之间的关系。结论：总体而言，结果表明，EE可能有助于亲子关系和儿童精神病理学的研究，但可能需要一个发展调整的方式EE是可操作的青少年样本使用。
Background: Most studies applying the adult-derived 'expressed emotion' (EE) measure to children have combined criticism (CRIT) and emotional overinvolvement (EOI). Yet, some of the parent behaviors coded as EOI and shown to have negative implications for parents and their adult children (e.g., multiple positive comments about the son or daughter) may be normative and benign for parents and their juvenile children. Thus, EOI, as currently operationalized, may not be related to child psychopathology in the way CRIT is. Method: We tested this possibility, separating CRIT and EOI and examining the individual scoring criteria for each in relation to psychopathology factors in a sample of 258 clinically-referred children aged 7-17. Results: Whereas each of the four CRIT criteria related positively to maternal reports of child psychopathology, especially externalizing problems, only two of the five EOI criteria were positively related to child psychopathology, and one (positive comments) was negatively related. Structural Equation Modeling findings supported a model in which CRIT partially mediates the relation between maternal psychopathology and child externalizing symptoms. Conclusions: Overall, the results suggest that EE may contribute to the study of parent-child relations and child psychopathology, but that a developmental adjustment may be required in the way EE is operationalized for use with juvenile samples.