儿童的同情心可以缓解父母间冲突与儿童健康之间的关联
Hannah M C Schreier1, Mark E Feinberg2, Damon E Jones2
1Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, United States; Social Science Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, United States.
Brain, behavior, and immunity
|February 26, 2024
概括
高度同情的孩子可能会经历父母冲突的负面健康影响. 更大的同情心放大了父母间冲突对儿童炎症和整体健康的有害影响.
科学领域:
- 儿童心理学 儿童心理学
- 发展心理学是发展心理学.
- 儿科卫生健康 儿科卫生健康
背景情况:
- 父母间的冲突会对孩子的福祉产生负面影响,包括行为和生理方面的问题.
- 同理心,即能够间接体验情绪的能力,可能会提高孩子对父母冲突的生物学后果的敏感性.
- 与父母间冲突有关的同情心对儿童身体健康的影响尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查儿童同理心是否能缓和父母间冲突与儿童系统性炎症和父母评估健康之间的关系.
- 为了检查暴露于父母间冲突的7至9岁儿童的生理和健康结果.
- 了解同情心在调解不利家庭环境对儿童健康影响中的作用.
主要方法:
- 从"家庭基金会"计划中对儿童 (7-9岁) 和家长进行长度研究.
- 在干预后八年收集的数据,包括对C反应蛋白 (CRP) 和IN-6 (IL-6) 分析的干血斑点.
- 心理社会问卷评估了父母之间的冲突和孩子的同理心,以及父母报告的儿童健康状况.
主要成果:
- 儿童同理心对C反应蛋白 (CRP) 和IL-6水平产生了显著的积极主要影响.
- 情感同理心调节了父母间冲突与CRP之间的关联,以及父母间冲突与父母报告的儿童健康之间的关联.
- 更高的同情心加剧了父母间冲突对儿童炎症和整体健康的负面影响.
结论:
- 当被暴露在高冲突环境中时, empathic 儿童可能会面临生物成本.
- 研究结果强调,需要采取干预措施,支持有同情心的儿童管理代理情绪体验.
- 同理心在父母间冲突对儿童健康影响的作用需要进一步研究.
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