Maternal childhood emotional abuse predicts Chinese infant behavior problems: Examining mediating and moderating processes
Maternal childhood emotional abuse predicts Chinese infant behavior problems: Examining mediating and moderating processes
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母亲童年时期的情感虐待预示着中国婴儿的行为问题：检查中介和调节过程
DOI：
10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.12.006
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发表时间：
2019-02-01
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Hao, Yefang
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作者：
Liu, Siman;Zhou, Nan;Hao, Yefang
本研究探讨了母亲负性表达在母亲儿童期情绪虐待（CEA）与婴儿行为问题之间的中介作用以及婴儿抑制控制（IC）的调节作用。本研究从中国大陆207个家庭中抽取婴儿，在婴儿6个月（T1）和14个月（T2）时报告两个波数据。母亲（平均年龄= 32.85岁，SD = 4.04）在T1时报告了儿童创伤量表简表（CTQ-SF）中的CEA，在T2时报告了家庭自我表达问卷（SEFQ）中的阴性表达。采用ITSEA和反向分类任务分别测量T2时婴幼儿的行为问题和IC。结果表明，T1母亲CEA，而不是身体和性虐待，唯一预测T2的负面表达。母亲负性表达显著介导了母亲CEA与婴儿外化、内化和失调问题的正相关。此外，调节中介模型表明，母亲的负面表达和婴儿失调问题之间的关联是由婴儿IC调节。具体而言，从母亲的CEA失调的问题，通过母亲的负面表达的中介途径是显着的，只有婴儿与穷人IC。即使在控制了家庭社会经济地位（SES），母亲儿童的身体和性虐待之后，结果也是稳健的。调解和调节过程中了解母亲的情绪虐待在儿童期对婴儿行为问题的影响的重要性进行了讨论。
The current study examined the mediating effect of maternal negative expressiveness as well as the moderating effects of infant inhibitory control (IC) in the association between maternal childhood emotional abuse (CEA) and infant behavior problems. Drawing from 207 families from mainland China, 2-wave data were reported in this study when the infants were 6 months (T1) and 14 (T2) months. Mothers (Mean age = 32.85 years, SD = 4.04) reported their CEA on the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF) at T1, and their negative expressiveness on the Self-Expressiveness in the Family Questionnaire (SEFQ) at T2. The Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (ITSEA) and a reverse categorization task were used to measure infant behavior problems and IC at T2, respectively. The results showed that T1 maternal CEA, rather than physical and sexual abuse, uniquely predicted T2 negative expressiveness. Maternal negative expressiveness significantly mediated the positive relations of maternal CEA and infant externalizing, internalizing and dysregulation problems. In addition, the moderated mediation model showed that the association between maternal negative expressiveness and infant dysregulation problems was moderated by infant IC. Specifically, the mediating pathway from maternal CEA to dysregulation problems through maternal negative expressiveness was significant, only for infants with poor IC. The results were robust even after controlling for family socioeconomic status (SES), maternal childhood physical and sexual abuse. The importance of mediating and moderating processes in understanding the effect of maternal emotional abuse during childhood on infant behavior problems is discussed.