FAMILY STORIES & RITUALS--RELATION TO CHILD MH

这项建议的目的是研究家庭因素， 儿童心理健康。 有人建议，父母的家庭。 原始经验通过家庭传递给他们的孩子 故事和仪式 提出了一个模式，其中家庭仪式作为 在主题内容和情感内容之间起中介作用的是父母的 他们的家庭起源和孩子的心理健康的故事， 通过自我弹性和控制来衡量。 四类家庭 提出了与可识别族相关的配置 互动模式和孩子的结果。 除了建议， 家庭故事和仪式可以直接关系到孩子的结果， 研究者提出，当代家庭仪式 当父母回忆起孩子的记忆时， 以不适应的方式改变自己的童年。 一百二十户人家 四岁的孩子将参加这项研究。 多种方法 将采用依靠外部进行的家庭观察的方法 观察员，家庭互动录像，父母自我报告 和由孩子的老师完成的儿童结果的Q-排序测量。 回归分析将用于预测家庭的儿童结局 变量 结构方程模型将用于测试所提出的 沿着有两个备选模型。 结果将用于建立一个 家庭干预和预防方案的经验基础 童年早期

This proposal is aimed at the study of family factors which contribute to child mental health. It is being proposed that the parent's family of . origin experiences are transmitted to their children through family stories and rituals. A model is Proposed in which family rituals serve as a mediating factor between the thematic and affective content the parent's stories from their family of origin and the child's mental health as measured through ego resiliency and control. Four types of family configuration are proposed which are related to identifiable family interaction patterns and child outcome. In addition to proposing that family stories and rituals can be directly related to child outcome the investigator proposes that family rituals enacted in the contemporary family may act as a protective factor for the child when parents recall their own childhood in maladaptive ways. One hundred and twenty families with four year old children will participate in the study. A multi-method approach will be used relying on home observations conducted by outside observers, video recordings of family interaction, self-report by parents and Q-sort measures of child outcome completed by the child's teacher. Regression analyses will be used predicting child outcomes from the family variables. Structural equation modeling will be used to test the proposed model along with two alternative models. Results will be used to build an empirical base for family based intervention and prevention programs in early childhood.