Parenting behaviors among anxious and non-anxious mothers: Relation with concurrent and long-term child outcomes
Parenting behaviors among anxious and non-anxious mothers: Relation with concurrent and long-term child outcomes
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DOI：
10.1300/j019v26n04_02
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发表时间：
2004-01-01
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0.5
通讯作者：
Ialongo, N
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作者：
Ginsburg, GS;Grover, RL;Ialongo, N
本研究探讨了两个具体问题：(1)焦虑母亲与非焦虑母亲在育儿行为上是否存在差异？(2)这两组的父母行为是否与儿童的不良后果（即内化和外化症状）有关？上述问题同时（当儿童在一年级时）和在以非裔美国人为主的社区高风险样本中进行为期六年的随访。研究人员对25名焦虑的母亲和相应的非焦虑的母亲（N = 50）和她们的孩子（平均年龄5.8岁）进行一项具有挑战性的任务进行了录像。盲评者对父母的行为进行编码。父母和孩子在两个时间点都完成了焦虑和/或外化症状的测量。与预期相反，结果显示一年级的父母行为没有组间差异，父母行为与并发的焦虑或外化症状水平之间没有关系。然而，在六年的随访中，高水平的批评和低水平的给予自主权与焦虑父母的孩子的高焦虑（但不是外化）症状显著相关。研究结果在现有的儿童焦虑发展模型的背景下进行了讨论，并表明父母焦虑和父母行为的相互作用可能会增加儿童患焦虑障碍的风险。
The present study addressed two specific questions: (1) Are there differences in parenting behaviors between anxious and non-anxious mothers'? and (2) Are parenting behaviors within these two groups associated with adverse outcomes in children (i.e., internalizing and externalizing symptoms)? The above questions were examined concurrently (when children were in first grade) and at a six-year follow-up among a predominately African American community-based high-risk sample. Twenty-five anxious and matched non-anxious (N = 50) mothers were videotaped with their children (mean age 5.8 years) engaging in a challenging task. Blind raters coded parent behaviors. Parents and children completed measures of anxiety and/or externalizing symptoms at both time points. Contrary to expectations, results indicated no group differences in parenting behaviors in the first grade and no relation between parenting behaviors and concurrent levels of anxiety or externalizing symptoms. At the six-year follow-up, however, higher levels of criticism and lower levels of granting of autonomy were significantly related to higher anxiety (but not externalizing) symptoms in children of anxious parents. Findings are discussed in the context of existing developmental models of childhood anxiety and suggest that the interaction of parental anxiety and parenting behavior may increase children's risk for anxiety disorders.