The role of child adrenocortical functioning in pathways between interparental conflict and child maladjustment
The role of child adrenocortical functioning in pathways between interparental conflict and child maladjustment
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DOI：
10.1037/0012-1649.43.4.918
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发表时间：
2007-07-01
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4
通讯作者：
Cummings, E. Mark
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作者：
Davies, Patrick T.;Sturge-Apple, Melissa L.;Cummings, E. Mark
本研究在178个家庭及其幼儿园儿童的样本中，考察了父母间冲突以及儿童对父母间冲突的皮质醇反应性在预测儿童适应不良方面的相互作用。与非稳态负荷假说（麦克尤恩和斯特拉尔，1993）一致，结果表明，父母间冲突通过与儿童皮质醇反应性的个体差异相关，间接与儿童适应不良有关。分析表明，对父母间冲突的多方法评估与儿童对模拟的父母间电话冲突的皮质醇反应性水平较低有关。反过来，皮质醇反应性降低预测了在两年期间父母报告的儿童外化症状的增加。即使在考虑了人口统计学因素和其他家庭过程之后，父母间冲突、儿童皮质醇反应性和儿童外化症状之间的关联仍然很显著。
This study examined the interplay between interparental conflict and child cortisol reactivity to interparental conflict in predicting child maladjustment in a sample of 178 families and their kindergarten children. Consistent with the allostatic load hypothesis (McEwen & Stellar, 1993), results indicated that interparental conflict was indirectly related to child maladjustment through its association with individual differences in child cortisol reactivity. Analyses indicated that the multimethod assessment of interparental conflict was associated with lower levels of child cortisol reactivity to a simulated phone conflict between parents. Diminished cortisol reactivity, in turn, predicted increases in parental reports of child externalizing symptoms over a 2-year period. Associations between interparental conflict, child cortisol reactivity, and child externalizing symptoms remained robust even after demographic factors and other family processes were taken into account.