The Meaning of Emotional Overinvolvement in Early Development: Prospective Relations With Child Behavior Problems
The Meaning of Emotional Overinvolvement in Early Development: Prospective Relations With Child Behavior Problems
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DOI：
10.1037/fam0000111
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发表时间：
2015-08-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Sher-Censor, Efrat
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作者：
Khafi, Tamar Y.;Yates, Tuppett M.;Sher-Censor, Efrat
父母的五分钟语音样本中的情绪过度参与（EOI）（FMSS; Magana-Amato，1993）被认为是衡量对孩子的过度关注和迷恋。虽然与适应不良的结果在成年儿童的研究，FMSS EOI证据不同的关系与行为问题的研究与幼儿。这些混合的研究结果可能表明，某些FMSS EOI标准反映了不适当和过度参与成年子女，但并不表明适应不良的过程中养育年幼的孩子。因此，本研究评估了每个FMSS EOI标准的关系，从学龄前到一年级的儿童行为问题的变化，在社区样本的223名儿童-母亲二人组（47.98%女性;波1 M-年龄= 49.08个月; 56.50%西班牙裔/拉丁裔）。母亲FMSS EOI评级在第1波获得，和独立的审查员评定儿童外化和内化行为问题在第1波，并再次2年后。路径分析表明，无论是自我牺牲/过度保护（SSOP）和声明的态度（SOAs）FMSS EOI标准预测增加外部化的问题。与此相反，过度的细节和夸张的赞美是不相关的儿童外化行为问题，情绪表现在这个样本中并不明显。没有FMSS EOI标准证明与内化行为问题的显着关系。多组比较表明，SOAs对外化行为问题的影响是显着的男孩，但不为女孩，有没有显着的种族/民族的组间差异。这些发现指出SSOP和SOA的显着性，以了解EOI在早期发展中的发展意义。
Emotional overinvolvement (EOI) in parents' Five Minute Speech Samples (FMSSs; Magana-Amato, 1993) is thought to measure overconcern and enmeshment with one's child. Although related to maladaptive outcomes in studies of adult children, FMSS EOI evidences varied relations with behavior problems in studies with young children. These mixed findings may indicate that certain FMSS EOI criteria reflect inappropriate and excessive involvement with adult children, but do not indicate maladaptive processes when parenting younger children. Thus, this study evaluated relations of each FMSS EOI criterion with changes in child behavior problems from preschool to first grade in a community sample of 223 child-mother dyads (47.98% female; Wave 1 M-age = 49.08 months; 56.50% Hispanic/Latina). Maternal FMSS EOI ratings were obtained at Wave 1, and independent examiners rated child externalizing and internalizing behavior problems at Wave 1 and again 2 years later. Path analyses indicated that both the self-sacrifice/overprotection (SSOP) and statements of attitude (SOAs) FMSS EOI criteria predicted increased externalizing problems. In contrast, excessive detail and exaggerated praise were not related to child externalizing behavior problems, and Emotional Display was not evident in this sample. None of the FMSS EOI criteria evidenced significant relations with internalizing behavior problems. Multigroup comparisons indicated that the effect of SOAs on externalizing behavior problems was significant for boys but not for girls, and there were no significant group differences by race/ethnicity. These findings point to the salience of SSOP and SOAs for understanding the developmental significance of EOI in early development.