Longitudinal associations between mother-child conflict and child internalizing problems in mid-childhood.
Longitudinal associations between mother-child conflict and child internalizing problems in mid-childhood.
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DOI：
10.1017/s0954579420000863
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发表时间：
2022-03
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Marceau K
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作者：
Lougheed JP;Duncan RJ;Keskin G;Marceau K
母子关系的几个方面与儿童的内化问题有关。我们考察了母子冲突和儿童在童年中期的内化问题之间的纵向联系。具体地说，我们使用随机截距的交叉滞后面板模型，在3-6年级(N=1,364)儿童及其母亲的样本中，检验了冲突和儿童内化问题是否纵向上相互预测。与预期一致，我们发现在母子冲突和儿童内化问题上存在稳定的家庭差异。与预期相反，我们没有发现母子冲突和儿童的内化问题表现出显著的交叉滞后关联。然而，母子冲突和儿童的内化问题在每一波中都有相关的错误，表明这两个结构在整个发展过程中多次同时相互变化，独立于稳定的家庭间联系(即随着一个增加，另一个增加，反之亦然)。这项研究的结果指出了使用统计方法的重要性，这种方法可以从家庭内部的过程中分离出家庭之间的差异。在未来的研究中，较短的时间尺度(例如，几周或几个月)可能更好地捕捉到亲子冲突和内在化问题之间的动态联系。
Several aspects of mother-child relationships are associated with children’s internalizing problems. We examined longitudinal associations between mother-child conflict and children’s internalizing problems in middle childhood. Specifically, we examined whether conflict and children’s internalizing problems predict each other longitudinally in a sample of children from 3rd through 6th grade (N = 1,364) and their mothers using a cross-lagged panel model with random intercepts. In line with expectations, we found stable between-family differences in both mother-child conflict and children’s internalizing problems. Contrary to expectations, we did not find that mother-child conflict and children’s internalizing problems showed significant cross-lagged associations. However, mother-child conflict and children’s internalizing problems had correlated errors at each wave, indicating that these two constructs covary with each other concurrently at multiple times across development, independent of stable between-family associations (i.e., as one increases, so does the other, and vice versa). The results of this study point to the importance of using statistical approaches that can disentangle between-family differences from within-family processes. In future studies, shorter time scales (e.g., weeks or months) may better capture dynamic associations between parent-child conflict and internalizing problems.