The Protective Role of Parent Positive Personality and Emotional Availability in Toddler Problem Behavior

IF 1.2 4区心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly-Journal of Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2021-01-22 DOI:10.13110/MERRPALMQUAR1982.66.3.0227

Gianna Rea-Sandin, T. C. Vasquez-O’Brien, Kathryn Lemery‐Chalfant

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Abstract:This study examined the mediating role of emotional availability in the relation between parent positive personality and toddler problem behavior. The sample comprised 654 twins at 12 and 32 months. Primary caregivers (>95% mothers) completed six measures indexing parent positive personality assessed at 12 months, and emotional availability and toddler problem behaviors assessed at both times. Parent positive personality was positively associated with emotional availability and negatively associated with problem behavior. The indirect path from parent positive personality to problem behavior through emotional availability was significant, and parent positive personality was no longer significantly related to problem behavior, suggesting full mediation. Although problem behaviors were heritable, over half of the variance was due to the shared environment, pointing to early childhood as a time when parent characteristics and behaviors may have maximum influence. Parental emotional responsiveness could serve to reduce problem behaviors in young children.

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父母积极人格与情绪可得性对幼儿问题行为的保护作用

摘要:本研究探讨情绪可得性在父母积极人格与幼儿问题行为之间的中介作用。样本包括654对12个月和32个月大的双胞胎。主要照顾者(95%为母亲)在12个月时完成了6项指标父母积极人格的评估，并在两次评估了情绪可用性和幼儿问题行为。父母积极人格与情绪可得性呈正相关，与问题行为负相关。父母积极人格通过情绪可得性间接影响问题行为的路径显著，父母积极人格对问题行为的影响不再显著，提示存在充分的中介作用。虽然问题行为是遗传的，但超过一半的差异是由于共同的环境，这表明童年早期是父母的特征和行为可能产生最大影响的时期。父母的情绪反应可以减少幼儿的问题行为。

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