The Influence of Interpersonal Aggression on Maternal Perceptions of Infant Emotions: Associations With Early Parenting Quality
The Influence of Interpersonal Aggression on Maternal Perceptions of Infant Emotions: Associations With Early Parenting Quality
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DOI：
10.1037/emo0000114
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发表时间：
2016-06-01
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4.2
通讯作者：
Busuito, Alexandra
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Dayton, Carolyn J.;Huth-Bocks, Alissa C.;Busuito, Alexandra
目前的研究验证了一个假设，即在成人关系中经历过虐待和攻击的母亲可能特别容易误解婴儿的情绪，导致不太敏感的育儿行为。参与者是120名孕妇招募的一个更大的，纵向研究调查的作用，心理社会和环境风险的妇女和他们的幼儿。数据收集在妊娠晚期，当孩子1岁和2岁。参与者完成了一个投射测试，旨在引起婴儿情绪的看法和父母的行为进行了评估，在家庭的个人差异。使用结构方程模型，我们测试了母亲的人际攻击暴露和婴儿的情绪和养育行为的看法之间的关联。结果表明，虐待儿童和亲密伴侣冲突的历史与母亲倾向于将模糊的婴儿面部表情视为负面（即，消极归因偏见），反过来，随着时间的推移，父母的敏感性降低。研究结果表明，婴儿情绪的负面归因可能是一种机制，通过这种机制，创伤和暴力暴露的历史有助于减少敏感的养育一些母亲。干预的意义包括需要创伤知情的临床服务和心理教育方法，帮助母亲更准确地阅读和回应婴儿的情感表达和连接出价。
The current study tested the hypothesis that mothers who have experienced child maltreatment and aggression within their adult relationships may be at particular risk for misinterpreting infant emotions, leading to less sensitive parenting behaviors. Participants were 120 pregnant women recruited for a larger, longitudinal study investigating the role of psychosocial and environmental risk on women and their young children. Data were collected during the third trimester of pregnancy, and when children were 1 and 2 years of age. Participants completed a projective test designed to elicit individual differences in perceptions of infant emotions and an observer-rated assessment of parenting behaviors was conducted in the family home. Using structural equation modeling, we tested associations between maternal interpersonal aggression exposure and perceptions of infant emotion and parenting behaviors. Results demonstrated that a history of child abuse and intimate partner conflict were associated with a maternal tendency to view ambiguous infant facial expressions as negative (i.e., negative attribution bias), and in turn, with less parenting sensitivity over time. Findings suggest that negative attributions of infant emotion may be 1 mechanism by which a history of trauma and violence exposure contributes to less sensitive parenting for some mothers. Implications for intervention include the need for trauma-informed clinical services and psychoeducational methods that help mothers more accurately read and respond to infant emotional expression and bids for connection.