Abstract The association between parent personality and parenting has been established in the literature; however, the mechanisms explaining this relationship remain poorly understood. In the current study, we examined associations between maternal personality and maternal insensitive behaviors through causal attributions about infant distress. Primiparous mothers (N = 259) reported maternal personality during the third trimester of pregnancy. Mothers and 6-month-old infants were videotaped during distress eliciting tasks and mothers' causal attributions were assessed using a video recall method. Maternal unresponsiveness and negativity were coded. Maternal neuroticism was indirectly associated with more overtly negative maternal behaviors through negative attributions, whereas agreeableness was directly associated with fewer unresponsive maternal behaviors. Additionally, mothers who made more situational attributions engaged in fewer unresponsive behaviors. Results suggest maternal personality and causal attributions play an important role in maternal behavior in distressing contexts. Directions for intervention, parent education, and future research are discussed.

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母性人格预测不敏感的养育方式：通过对婴儿痛苦的因果归因的影响

摘要 父母人格与教养之间的关联已在文献中确立；然而，解释这种关系的机制仍然知之甚少。在目前的研究中，我们通过对婴儿痛苦的因果归因研究了母亲性格与母亲不敏感行为之间的关联。初产母亲（N = 259）在妊娠晚期报告了母亲的性格。母亲和 6 个月大的婴儿在引发痛苦的任务期间被录像，并使用视频回忆方法评估母亲的因果归因。产妇无反应和消极被编码。母亲神经质通过消极归因与更明显的消极母亲行为间接相关，而宜人性与较少的无反应母亲行为直接相关。此外，做出更多情境归因的母亲参与的反应迟钝行为更少。结果表明，母性人格和因果归因在痛苦环境中的母性行为中起着重要作用。讨论了干预、家长教育和未来研究的方向。