Journal article
Considering heterogeneity within negative emotionality can inform the distinction between diathesis-stress and differential susceptibility: Children’s early anger and fear as moderators of effects of parental socialization on antisocial conduct
Development and psychopathology, Vol.37(4), pp.2138-2150
10/2025
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579424001731
PMID: 39562531
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Abstract
The importance of interactions between child temperament and parenting has been accepted ever since Thomas and Chess (1977) proposed their “goodness-of-fit” construct, but over the last three decades, pertinent research has grown exponentially. Researchers examining child characteristics that can moderate the effects of socialization have tested increasingly complex, nuanced, and sophisticated models, largely inspired by the highly influential frameworks of child plasticity or differential susceptibility (Belsky & Pluess, 2009). Yet, multiple questions remain unsettled. We addressed four such questions as applied to predicting children’s observed disregard for rules at age 4.5 in a study of 200 community families from the US Midwest. (a) We examined children’s observed negative emotionality at 16 months, most commonly seen as a plasticity “trait,” but separating anger and fear proneness, which may differently moderate effects of socialization. (b) We examined two separate aspects of observed parental socialization at age 3, mutually responsive orientation and power assertion. (c) We distinguished analytically diathesis-stress from differential susceptibility. (d) We examined all effects in mother– and father–child relationships. We supported both diathesis-stress and differential susceptibility, depending on the facet of negative emotionality, the aspect of socialization considered, and parental gender, highlighting the nuanced nature of the processes involved.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Considering heterogeneity within negative emotionality can inform the distinction between diathesis-stress and differential susceptibility: Children’s early anger and fear as moderators of effects of parental socialization on antisocial conduct
- Creators
- Juyoung Kim - University of IowaGrazyna Kochanska - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Development and psychopathology, Vol.37(4), pp.2138-2150
- DOI
- 10.1017/S0954579424001731
- PMID
- 39562531
- NLM abbreviation
- Dev Psychopathol
- ISSN
- 0954-5794
- eISSN
- 1469-2198
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: R01 HD091047, R01 HD110427
This work was funded by the grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01 HD091047 and R01 HD110427) to Grazyna Kochanska. We thank all Child Lab team members and all the families participating in our research for their contributions.
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 11/20/2024
- Date published
- 10/2025
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984749731102771
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