Coercion theory well characterizes the behavioral aspects that often lead to dysfunctional family processes. Recent conceptualizations have incorporated emotion into models of coercive interactions, yet empirical evidence has been limited. In this study, repeated measures of mother-child dyads (N = 319) were assessed over the course of 2 years to examine whether within-mother (i.e., intraindividual) levels of aversion sensitivity-their negative emotional arousal when faced with aversive child behavior-are associated with four known components of coercive parent-child interactions: initiation, length, frequency, and the tendency to end the negative cycle. During multiple assessments over 2 years, conflictual conversations between newly divorced mothers (Mbaseline age = 36.8, SDbaseline age = 6.6; 64% non-Hispanic White) and their 4- to 11-year-old children (Mbaseline age = 7.77, SDbaseline age = 2.0; 52% female) were observed and microcoded. Forty-seven observed child behaviors were ranked from low to high aversive. Mothers' general rates of negative emotional expression and the rates at which their negative expression increased as children's behavior became increasingly aversive (i.e., their aversion sensitivity) were recorded. Results were consistent with coercion theory, revealing significant within-dyad associations between mothers' aversion sensitivity and all four components of coercive parent-child interactions. These findings suggest the importance of understanding the functions that parents' intraindividual emotional processes have in difficult, coercive family processes. Understanding such processes holds promise for clarifying how to intervene to reduce parent-child interactions known to be problematic for children's development. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

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母亲在母子互动中的厌恶敏感性和相互消极性：对胁迫理论的启示。

强制理论很好地描述了经常导致功能失调的家庭过程的行为方面。最近的概念化已将情感纳入强制互动模型，但经验证据有限。在这项研究中，在 2 年的过程中评估了母子二元组 (N = 319) 的重复测量，以检查母亲内部（即个体内部）的厌恶敏感度水平 - 他们在面对厌恶的儿童行为时的负面情绪唤起-与强制性亲子互动的四个已知组成部分相关：开始、持续时间、频率和结束负面循环的趋势。在超过 2 年的多次评估中，新离婚母亲之间的冲突对话（Mbaseline 年龄 = 36.8，SDbaseline 年龄 = 6.6；64% 的非西班牙裔白人）及其 4 至 11 岁的孩子（M 基线年龄 = 7.77，SD 基线年龄 = 2.0；52% 为女性）被观察并进行了微编码。观察到的 47 种儿童行为从低到高厌恶程度排列。记录了母亲的一般消极情绪表达率和随着儿童行为变得越来越厌恶（即他们的厌恶敏感性）而增加的消极情绪表达率。结果与胁迫理论一致，表明母亲的厌恶敏感性与胁迫性亲子互动的所有四个组成部分之间存在显着的二元组内部关联。这些发现表明了解父母的个体情绪过程在困难的、强制性的家庭过程中所具有的功能的重要性。了解这些过程有望阐明如何进行干预以减少已知对儿童发展有问题的亲子互动。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。