Journal article
Interplay between children's biobehavioral plasticity and interparental relationship in the origins of internalizing problems
Journal of family psychology, Vol.31(8), pp.1040-1050
12/2017
DOI: 10.1037/fam0000335
PMCID: PMC5716903
PMID: 28581303
Abstract
The present study demonstrates the interplay between interparental relationship satisfaction and child plasticity in the origins of internalizing problems in 99 community mothers, fathers, and children. Our cumulative measure of plasticity integrated genetics (5-HTTLPR polymorphism), psychophysiology (skin conductance level), and observed behavior (inhibition, sadness, joy). The interaction between plasticity and interparental relationship satisfaction reflected differential susceptibility. Compared with low-plasticity peers, high-plasticity children had more internalizing problems from 5.5 to 12 years when the interparental relationship at 4.5 years was acrimonious, but fewer problems when it was harmonious. Further, almost half of the children in this sample were "differentially affected" by the interaction such that greater plasticity was associated with fewer internalizing problems when their parents had a harmonious relationship, a key feature of differential susceptibility. (PsycINFO Database Record
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Interplay between children's biobehavioral plasticity and interparental relationship in the origins of internalizing problems
- Creators
- Rebecca L Brock - Department of Psychology, The University of Nebraska- LincolnGrazyna Kochanska - Department of Psychology, The University of IowaLea J Boldt - Department of Psychology, The University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of family psychology, Vol.31(8), pp.1040-1050
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1037/fam0000335
- PMID
- 28581303
- PMCID
- PMC5716903
- ISSN
- 0893-3200
- eISSN
- 1939-1293
- Grant note
- K02 MH001446 / NIMH NIH HHS R01 HD069171 / NICHD NIH HHS National Institute of Mental Health National Institute of Child Health and Human Development R01 HD091047 / NICHD NIH HHS R01 MH063096 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2017
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984002596602771
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