育儿实践与儿童以后的决策能力之间的纵向关联
Joshua Weller1, Andrew Parker2, Maureen Reynolds3
1Centre for Decision Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Applied developmental science
|June 27, 2025
概括
育儿方式会影响成年人的决策. 具体来说,在童年时更高的心理控制与年轻成年时较差的决策能力 (DMC) 有关,即使考虑了其他因素.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 青少年心理学 青少年心理学
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 众所周知,家长的做法会影响孩子的行为发展.
- 有限的研究探讨了育儿与成年人决策能力之间的联系.
- 了解这种联系对于针对风险行为进行干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究儿童时期的特定育儿实践如何预测年轻成年人的决策能力 (DMC).
- 检查监测/参与,坚定/松控制和心理控制对决策技能的长期影响.
- 分析这些关系在多样化的样本中,包括父母有物质使用障碍的孩子.
主要方法:
- 纵向研究设计追踪了10-14岁至19岁的儿童.
- 儿童报告对育儿实践的措施 (监测/参与,坚定的/松的控制,心理控制).
- 在19岁时评估决策能力 (DMC).
- 统计分析对邻居处于不利地位和父母物质使用障碍 (SUD) 状态进行了控制.
主要成果:
- 儿童报告的更高水平的心理控制预测了19岁时更低的DMC表现.
- 在控制其他育儿变量,社区劣势和父母SUD地位后,这种关联仍然很重要.
- 在这项研究中,监测/参与和坚固/松的控制并不能显著预测DMC.
结论:
- 儿童时期的心理控制可能会对决策能力的发展产生负面影响.
- 这些发现表明,心理控制可能会损害对主管决策至关重要的自我调节能力.
- 需要进一步的研究,以了解将育儿与决策能力联系在一起的机制.
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