Parent-Child Attachment and Emotion Regulation Dynamics in Late Middle Childhood

IF 1.2 4区心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly-Journal of Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1353/mpq.2023.a909260

Kathryn A. Kerns, Logan B. Kochendorfer, Carli A. Obeldobel, Laura E. Brumariu

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Abstract: Parent–child attachment is robustly associated with typical patterns of emotion regulation but rarely examined in relation to changes in emotion in response to events. We studied how attachment is related to emotion reactivity to positive and negative events and to immediate and delayed emotion recovery from social exclusion. The sample (78% White, 46% girls) included 110 children (9–12 years). Children completed a story stem measure that was scored for security, avoidance, ambivalence, and disorganization. Emotion reactivity and recovery were assessed with child-reported and observer positive affect and negative affect ratings. Parents rated child temperament. More avoidant children showed dampened emotion responding (low reactivity and recovery), whereas more ambivalent children showed heightened emotion responding (high reactivity and recovery). Attachment security, disorganization, and temperament were not consistently related to emotion reactivity or recovery. The findings highlight that emotion regulation occurs in response to contextual changes and is related to attachment.

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儿童中后期亲子依恋与情绪调节动态

摘要:亲子依恋与典型的情绪调节模式密切相关，但很少研究亲子依恋与事件反应中情绪变化的关系。我们研究了依恋与情绪对积极和消极事件的反应，以及对社会排斥后的即时和延迟情绪恢复的关系。样本(78%为白人，46%为女孩)包括110名儿童(9-12岁)。孩子们完成了一个故事系统测试，对安全、回避、矛盾心理和混乱进行评分。用儿童报告和观察者的积极情绪和消极情绪评分来评估情绪反应和恢复。父母评价孩子的性情。回避型儿童的情绪反应较弱(低反应性和恢复)，矛盾型儿童的情绪反应较强(高反应性和恢复)。依恋安全感、无序性和气质与情绪反应或恢复的关系并不一致。研究结果强调，情绪调节发生在对环境变化的反应中，并与依恋有关。

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