新加坡的母亲敏感性:早期教育工作者的信仰和母亲的报告与观察到的行为相比
Huimin Tasha Soh1,2, Ann Low1, Gwendolyn Ngoh1
1National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Attachment & human development
|September 12, 2025
概括
在新加坡,母亲对敏感护理的自我报告与观察到的行为有很大差异,突出了自我评估的局限性和干预中需要观察性评估的需要.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 跨文化心理学 跨文化心理学
- 育儿研究 育儿研究
背景情况:
- 了解母亲的行为和自我认知对于有效的育儿干预至关重要.
- 以前的研究表明,在照顾者规范和期望方面存在文化差异.
- 自我报告措施可能不会准确地反映出实际的母亲行为,这是由于社会可取性或缺乏洞察力.
研究的目的:
- 调查新加坡观察到和自我报告的母亲敏感照顾行为之间的一致性.
- 将母亲的自我评价与当地早期教育工作者对理想母亲行为的看法进行比较.
- 为培养文化相关的育儿干预措施的发展提供信息.
主要方法:
- 观察到的母亲行为 (n=301) 和自我报告的行为 (n=85) 用母亲行为Q类 (MBQS) 来评估.
- 当地早期教育工作者 (n=57) 建立了当地MBQS对母亲行为的理想标准.
- 统计分析,包括相关性和t测试,用于比较观察,自我报告和理想分数.
主要成果:
- 母亲观察和自我报告的得分与标准或本地MBQS理想标准没有显著的关联.
- 观察到的母亲行为得分明显低于标准和地方标准的自我报告得分.
- 早期教育工作者的排序与标准的MBQS理想标准保持一致 (r=0.67).
结论:
- 调查结果强调了母亲自我报告在准确评估敏感护理方面的局限性,加强了观察方法的需要.
- 观察和自我报告行为之间的差异表明,母亲可能会高估,并突出了父母自我评估的挑战.
- 干预措施应包括观察性评估,以准确评估有效性,并解决家长对被认为"不必要"的干预措施的抵制.
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