The Relationship Between Maternal Negative Emotional Expressiveness and Child Anxiety: A Moderated Mediation Model

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2023.01.011

Abstract

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to investigate the roles of mother-child conflict and mother-child closeness in the relationship between maternal negative emotional expressiveness and child anxiety. A total of 1173 students from 3 primary schools were investigated with Family Expressiveness Scale, Parent-Child Scale, and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders. The results showed that: 1) maternal negative emotional expressiveness, mother-child conflict, and child anxiety were positively correlated with each other, but mother-child closeness was not significantly related to maternal negative emotional expressiveness, mother-child conflict, and child anxiety; 2) maternal negative emotional expressiveness could directly and positively predict child anxiety; 3) mother-child conflict played a mediating role in the relationship between maternal negative emotional expressiveness and children’s anxiety, and mother-child closeness moderated the second path of the indirect association. These results reveal the mechanism of the relationship between maternal negative emotional expressiveness and child anxiety, which provides a new reference for the prevention and intervention of children’s anxiety.

Key words: maternal negative emotional expressiveness, child anxiety, maternal-child conflict, maternal closeness

摘要：

本研究以临沂市3所小学1173名一至六年级的学生及其母亲为被试，探讨了母亲消极情绪表露与儿童焦虑的关系，以及母子冲突和母子亲密在这一关系中的作用。采用家庭情绪表露问卷、亲子关系问卷、儿童焦虑性情绪障碍筛查表进行研究。结果表明：(1)母亲消极情绪表露与母子冲突、儿童焦虑两两显著正相关，母子亲密与母亲消极情绪表露、母子冲突、儿童焦虑的相关不显著；(2)母亲消极情绪表露显著正向预测儿童焦虑；(3)母子冲突在母亲消极情绪表露与儿童焦虑间起中介作用，且上述中介效应的后半段路径受到母子亲密的调节。

关键词: 母亲消极情绪表露, 儿童焦虑, 母子冲突, 母子亲密

CLC Number:

B844

Tiantian LI, Bing WU. The Relationship Between Maternal Negative Emotional Expressiveness and Child Anxiety: A Moderated Mediation Model[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2023, 21(1): 72-78.

李甜甜, 武兵. 母亲消极情绪表露与儿童焦虑的关系：有调节的中介模型[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2023, 21(1): 72-78.

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	M	SD	1	2	3
1.母亲消极情绪表露	3.79	1.15
2.母子冲突	2.44	0.89	0.42**
3.母子亲密	3.94	0.53	0.03	−0.03
4.儿童焦虑	0.36	0.25	0.30**	0.48**	−0.02

	M	SD	1	2	3
1.母亲消极情绪表露	3.79	1.15
2.母子冲突	2.44	0.89	0.42**
3.母子亲密	3.94	0.53	0.03	−0.03
4.儿童焦虑	0.36	0.25	0.30**	0.48**	−0.02

	母子冲突		儿童焦虑
	β	t	β	t
性别	0.03	0.57	−0.08	−1.49
年龄	0.003	0.17	0.01	0.50
是否独生	−0.20	−2.35*	0.05	0.52
母亲消极情绪表露	0.41	15.71***	0.11	4.05**
母子亲密			−0.004	−0.14
母亲消极情绪表露×母子亲密			−0.03	−1.14
母子冲突			0.44	15.56***
母子冲突×母子亲密			−0.06	−2.15*
R²	0.18		0.25
F	62.95		49.56

	母子冲突		儿童焦虑
	β	t	β	t
性别	0.03	0.57	−0.08	−1.49
年龄	0.003	0.17	0.01	0.50
是否独生	−0.20	−2.35*	0.05	0.52
母亲消极情绪表露	0.41	15.71***	0.11	4.05**
母子亲密			−0.004	−0.14
母亲消极情绪表露×母子亲密			−0.03	−1.14
母子冲突			0.44	15.56***
母子冲突×母子亲密			−0.06	−2.15*
R²	0.18		0.25
F	62.95		49.56

母子亲密	效应值	Boot标准误	Boot CI下限	Boot CI上限
M−SD	0.15	0.04	0.07	0.22
M	0.11	0.03	0.06	0.17
M+SD	0.08	0.04	0.01	0.16