Mother-Infant Interactions in Early Head Start: A Person-Oriented Within-Ethnic Group Approach
Mother-Infant Interactions in Early Head Start: A Person-Oriented Within-Ethnic Group Approach
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DOI：
10.1080/15295192.2013.732430
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Fine, Mark A.
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作者：
Brady-Smith, Christy;Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne;Fine, Mark A.
客观的 。本文确定了来自三个种族群体的低收入家庭的母亲模式，并探讨这些模式是否与儿童结局产生类似的关联。设计 。采用以人为中心的组内方法来检查观察到的欧洲裔美国人 (n?=?740)、非裔美国人 (n?=?604) 和墨西哥裔美国人 (n?=?322) 低收入母亲及其 1 岁孩子的母亲养育模式，这些母亲参加了早期启蒙研究和评估项目。采用聚类分析技术，使用录像带编码的母爱的四个维度：支持性、指导性/侵入性、消极关注和超然。结果 。每个种族群体中都存在三种类似的母性模式：支持性（48%52%）、指导性（29%30%）和分离性（14%19%）。尽管母性行为的模式相似，但不同种族群体的离散母性行为的平均得分有所不同。第四种模式是在欧洲裔美国人和非洲裔美国人的母亲中发现的，其特点是高度消极（5%7%）。母性模式与 2 岁和 3 岁时的三种儿童结局（认知测试分数、情绪调节和母亲参与度）之间的关联验证了聚类解决方案，并揭示了不同种族群体预测的一些差异。然而，支持性母亲在所有三个种族群体中都是最佳的。结论。组内分析允许识别具有种族意义的母亲模式。在不同种族群体中，尽管支持性和指导性等结构的平均分大小存在差异，但母性的组内结构相似，对儿童结局的预测能力也相当。
Objective . This article identifies patterns of mothering in low-income families from three ethnic groups and explores whether those patterns yield similar associations with child outcomes. Design . A person-centered within-group approach was used to examine observed patterns of mothering among European American (n?=?740), African American (n?=?604), and Mexican American (n?=?322) low-income mothers and their 1-year-olds who were participating in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project. Cluster analytic techniques were employed using four dimensions of mothering coded from videotapes: supportiveness, directiveness/intrusiveness, negative regard, and detachment. Results . Three similar mothering patterns were seen within each ethnic group: Supportive (48%52%), Directive (29%30%), and Detached (14%19%). Although the patterns of mothering were similar, mean scores on discrete mothering behaviors differed across ethnic groups. A fourth patternHarshwas found among European American and African American mothers and was characterized by high levels of negativity (5%7%). Associations between mothering patterns and three child outcomes at ages 2 and 3 years (cognitive test score, emotional regulation, and engagement of mother) validated cluster solutions and revealed some variation in prediction across ethnic groups. However, Supportive mothering was optimal in all three ethnic groups. Conclusions . Within-group analyses permitted identification of ethnically meaningful mothering patterns. Across the ethnic groups, within-group structures of mothering were similar with comparable predictive power for child outcomes despite group differences in the magnitudes of mean scores for constructs such as supportiveness and directiveness.