THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT UPON MOTHER-CHILD COMMUNICATION

本研究考察了抑郁母亲和她们的孩子之间的情感语言 以确定母亲的精神治疗是否存在差异 对应于他们与孩子交谈能力的不同 是关于感觉的。这包括评估(1)母亲在以下方面的准确性 向孩子解释情感表达，(2)母亲的能力 纠正孩子对面部表情的不准确理解，(3) 母亲用情感来限定和阐述讨论的能力。一个 经方差分析比较，两组间无显著差异。 无论是情绪项还是精确度变量。随后的比较由 对接受和不接受心理治疗的抑郁母亲进行t检验表明 她们情感交流模式的显著差异：母亲 接受过心理治疗的人更有可能对 负面情绪(如悲伤、愤怒)，2)沟通更准确 特别是关于这些负面情绪，3)不太可能详细说明 在这些感受上，4)更能准确地解读情感 比没有治疗的抑郁母亲表现得更好。

Affective language between depressed mothers and their children is examined to determine whether differences in mothers' psychiatric treatment corresponds to differences in their ability to talk with their children about feelings. This involves assessing (1) mother's accuracy in interpreting emotional expression to her child, (2) mother's ability to correct her child's inaccurate interpretation of facial expressions, (3) mother's ability to qualify and elaborate discussion in emotion terms. A comparison by ANOVA revealed no significant differences between groups on either the emotion terms or accuracy variables. A subsequent comparison by t-test of the depressed mothers with and without psychotherapy indicated significant differences in their affective communication patterns: Mothers who have had psychotherapy were 1) more likely to make comments about negative emotions (e.g., sadness, anger), 2) more accurate in communicating specifically about these negative emotions, 3) less likely to elaborate upon these feelings, and 4) more able to accurately interpret emotional expression than were depressed mothers with no treatment.