1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«[Investigate] inter-generational effects of maternal or paternal childhood aggression and withdrawal on children’s health and health habits in middle childhood. [And] examine pathways from childhood aggression and withdrawal to health in female [...], through an examination of health-risk indicators and their daily health habits.» (p. 2419)

Questions/Hypothèses :
«[M]others who had been aggressive or aggressive/withdrawn as children were expected to be at the highest risk for health problems.» (p. 2419)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
74 parents avec leurs enfants âgés de 9 à 11 ans

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«Children learn about health from parental modeling and reinforcement, but they also inherit the social constraints placed on their behaviours and choice of friends by family [...] Developmentally sensitive longitudinal models are required in order to understand this process and to plan interventions and prevention for high-risk individuals and their families.» (p. 2418) «These findings [from the current study] provide support for a link between early problem behaviours and health-risk, as well as evidence that this link may help perpetuate the accumulation of health problems within high-risk families [...] Maternal health-risk and wellness behaviours were related to each other and also to health lifestyle in offspring, supporting inter-generational continuity as well as an ecological model of heal.» (p. 2423)