Journal article
Neonatal Negative Emotionality and the Child Behavior Checklist-Dysregulation Profile (CBCL-DP) in middle childhood
Journal of reproductive and infant psychology, Vol.39(1), pp.100-110
01/01/2021
DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2019.1652257
PMCID: PMC9494752
PMID: 31397592
Abstract
Objective: Determine whether an association exists between neonatal negative emotionality and childhood emotional dysregulation.
Background: The Child Behaviour Checklist-Dysregulation Profile (CBCL-DP) has been used as a measure of emotional dysregulation in childhood. Although there is now good evidence that the CBCL-DP predicts later psychopathology, little is known about what factors predict elevations on the CBCL-DP.
Methods: 30 mother-child dyads who previously participated in a study of neonatal temperament were recruited to a follow-up study of emotional dysregulation during middle childhood. The Neonatal Behaviour Assessment Scale (NBAS) and the Infant Characteristics Questionnaire (ICQ) were utilised as observer and maternal measures of neonatal negative emotionality, respectively. Maternal post-partum depression was also measured during the neonatal period using the Edinburgh Post-Partum Depression Scale (EPDS). The Child Behaviour Checklist-Dysregulation Profile (CBCL-DP) was used as a measure of childhood emotional dysregulation.
Results: The ICQ fussy-difficult scale was significantly correlated with the CBCL-DP score (r = .46, p = .010), and this correlation remained significant after controlling for maternal EPDS score (CBCL-DP r = .51, p = .01). The NBAS irritability score was not associated with the CBCL-DP score.
Conclusions: This association provides preliminary results that neonates rated as having high negative emotionality may indeed experience chronic difficulties with emotional dysregulation.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Neonatal Negative Emotionality and the Child Behavior Checklist-Dysregulation Profile (CBCL-DP) in middle childhood
- Creators
- Allison M. Momany - University of IowaBeth Troutman - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of reproductive and infant psychology, Vol.39(1), pp.100-110
- DOI
- 10.1080/02646838.2019.1652257
- PMID
- 31397592
- PMCID
- PMC9494752
- NLM abbreviation
- J Reprod Infant Psychol
- ISSN
- 0264-6838
- eISSN
- 1469-672X
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Grant note
- name: Iowa Centre for Research, award: ICRU; name: National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, award: NICHD R03 HD037232
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neonatology
- Record Identifier
- 9984296358402771
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