Maternal Awareness and Toddlers' Fearful Temperament

母亲的意识和幼儿的恐惧气质

• 批准号: 7112654
• 负责人: Elizabeth Jayne Kiel
• 金额: $ 2.98万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-07-01 至 2009-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7112654
• 关键词: anxiety; anxiety disorders; awareness; behavioral /social science research tag; child mental disorders; child psychology; child rearing; clinical research; disease /disorder proneness /risk; fear; gender difference; human subject; maternal behavior; mother child interaction; predoctoral investigator; preschool child (1-5); psychopathology; social psychology

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Estimates of stability of fearful temperament and its prediction of anxiety-spectrum problems are typically modest, warranting better identification of children at risk. The two proposed studies will examine how variation in maternal awareness changes the stability of fearful temperament, risk for anxiety-spectrum adjustment problems at kindergarten entry, and parenting behaviors previously shown to associate with toddlers' fearful temperament. The first study will be a part of a follow-up of children from 24-months to kindergarten entry and involve a multi-method assessment of adjustment. Stability in fearful temperament and risk for anxiety problems are hypothesized to be stronger for children whose mothers demonstrated lower awareness, and this relation is further hypothesized to be stronger for girls than boys. The second study will be an observational study of fearful temperament in 24-month-old toddlers and the awareness and parenting behaviors of their mothers. The strength with which parenting behaviors relate to toddler fearful temperament is hypothesized to change as awareness increases. Results are expected to inform the broader literature on the developmental courses and clinical implications of fearful temperament.

描述（由申请人提供）：可怕气质的稳定性及其对焦虑症状问题的预测的估计通常是适中的，可以更好地确定有风险的儿童。两项拟议的研究将研究产妇意识的差异如何改变恐惧气质的稳定性，幼儿园进入时焦虑症状调整问题的稳定性以及先前证明的育儿行为与幼儿的恐惧性质相关。第一项研究将是对24个月到幼儿园进入儿童的随访的一部分，并涉及调整的多方法评估。假设对母亲表现出较低的认识的儿童的稳定性和焦虑问题风险的稳定性更强，并且这种关系进一步假设对女孩比男孩更强大。第二项研究将是对24个月大的幼儿的可怕气质以及母亲的意识和育儿行为的观察性研究。假设随着意识的提高，育儿行为与蹒跚学步的恐惧气质相关的力量会改变。预计结果将为恐惧气质的发展课程和临床意义提供更广泛的文献。