Defining characteristics and potential consequences of caretaking burden among children living in urban poverty
Defining characteristics and potential consequences of caretaking burden among children living in urban poverty
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DOI：
10.1037/0002-9432.77.2.267
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发表时间：
2007-04-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Luthar, Suniya S.
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作者：
McMahon, Thomas J.;Luthar, Suniya S.
儿童的父母教养一直没有成为许多实证研究的焦点。因此，本研究的目的是探讨的定义特征和潜在的后果，照顾负担的样本356名儿童生活在城市贫困。在一系列多变量分析中，儿童的特征、母亲的职业教育状况和家庭结构与照顾负担的相关性比母亲的精神、物质使用或人格问题更为一致。此外，照顾母亲的责任，比家务或照顾兄弟姐妹的责任，始终与儿童的心理社会调整。然而，即使是最高水平的照顾负担并不总是与临床显着妥协的心理社会调整。
Parentification of children has not been the focus of much empirical research. Consequently, this study was designed to explore the defining characteristics and potential consequences of caretaking burden in a sample of 356 children living in urban poverty. In a series of multivariate analyses, characteristics of the children, vocational-educational status of their mothers, and family structure correlated with caretaking burden more consistently than psychiatric, substance use, or personality problems in the mothers. Moreover, responsibility to care for mother, more so than responsibility for household chores or the care of siblings, consistently correlated with the psychosocial adjustment of the children. However, even the highest levels of caretaking burden were not consistently associated with clinically significant compromise of psychosocial adjustment.