Child temperament moderates effects of parent-child mutuality on self-regulation: a relationship-based path for emotionally negative infants

Sanghag Kim; Grazyna Kochanska

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01778.x

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Child temperament moderates effects of parent-child mutuality on self-regulation: a relationship-based path for emotionally negative infants

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Child temperament moderates effects of parent-child mutuality on self-regulation: a relationship-based path for emotionally negative infants

Sanghag Kim and Grazyna Kochanska

Child development, Vol.83(4), pp.1275-1289

07/2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01778.x

PMCID: PMC3399987

PMID: 22670684

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This study examined infants' negative emotionality as moderating the effect of parent-child mutually responsive orientation (MRO) on children's self-regulation (n=102). Negative emotionality was observed in anger-eliciting episodes and in interactions with parents at 7 months. MRO was coded in naturalistic interactions at 15 months. Self-regulation was measured at 25 months in effortful control battery and as self-regulated compliance to parental requests and prohibitions. Negative emotionality moderated the effects of mother-child, but not father-child, MRO. Highly negative infants were less self-regulated when they were in unresponsive relationships (low MRO), but more self-regulated when in responsive relationships (high MRO). For infants not prone to negative emotionality, there was no link between MRO and self-regulation. The "regions of significance" analysis supported the differential susceptibility model not the diathesis-stress model.

Anger - physiology

Expressed Emotion - physiology

Female

Humans

Infant

Male

Parent-Child Relations

Psychological Tests

Regression Analysis

Social Control, Informal

Temperament - physiology

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Title: Subtitle: Child temperament moderates effects of parent-child mutuality on self-regulation: a relationship-based path for emotionally negative infants
Creators: Sanghag Kim - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. sanghagkim@uiowa.edu
Grazyna Kochanska
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Child development, Vol.83(4), pp.1275-1289
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01778.x
PMID: 22670684
PMCID: PMC3399987
NLM abbreviation: Child Dev
ISSN: 0009-3920
eISSN: 1467-8624
Grant note: K02 MH001446 / NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH063096-10 / NIMH NIH HHS K02 MH01446 / NIMH NIH HHS K02 MH001446-10 / NIMH NIH HHS R01 HD069171 / NICHD NIH HHS R01 MH63096 / NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH063096 / NIMH NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 07/2012
Academic Unit: Psychological and Brain Sciences
Record Identifier: 9984213271002771

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