FAMILY STORIES & RITUALS--RELATION TO CHILD MH

这项建议旨在研究家庭因素，这些因素有助于 儿童心理健康。有人建议，父母的家人。 起源经验通过家庭传递给他们的孩子 故事和仪式。提出了一种以家庭仪式为基础的模式 父母的主题内容与情感内容之间的中介因素 来自他们家庭的故事和孩子的心理健康 通过自我弹性和控制力来衡量。四类家庭 提出了与可识别家庭相关的配置 互动模式和儿童结局。除了提议 家庭故事和仪式可以直接关系到孩子的结局 研究人员提出，在当代制定的家庭仪式 当父母回忆时，家庭可能会成为孩子的保护因素 他们自己的童年以不适应的方式。120个家庭 四岁的孩子将参加这项研究。一种多方法 将使用依赖于外部进行的家庭观察的方法 观察者，家庭互动的录像，父母的自我报告 以及由孩子的老师完成的儿童结果的Q排序测量。 将使用回归分析来预测家庭中孩子的结果 变量。将使用结构方程建模来检验所提出的 模型以及两个可选的模型。结果将用于构建 以家庭为基础的干预和预防计划的经验基础 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.