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标题：Mental Health Problems in Young Children: The Role of Mothers’ Coping and Parenting Styles and Characteristics of Family Functioning
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作者：Evgeni L. Nikolaev ; Evgeni L. Nikolaev ; Elvira A. Baranova 等
期刊名称：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1877-0428
出版年度：2016
卷号：233
页码：94-99
DOI：10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.10.152
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：Abstract The present study investigates the mother-related characteristics of family functioning that are associated with their children's mental health problems. The sample embraced 194 young children with symptoms of mental and behavioral disorders and their mothers. The children were diagnosed during play therapy; the mothers were examined by using standardized interviews and questionnaires which measure coping and parenting styles. Behavioral and emotional disorders were more typical for boys of younger age and are related to authoritarian or rejecting parenting styles in their mothers who underestimated the importance of emotional contacts. The mothers demonstrated maladaptive coping styles. The family environment was characterized by a focus on material values, violence and alcohol abuse situations, transgenerational stereotypes of female domination. The results indicate a dysfunctional role of mothers’ coping and parenting styles in relation to their children's mental health.
关键词：young children;mental health;mothers;coping;parenting;family functioning