Paths from mother-child and father-child relationships to externalizing behavior problems in children differing in electrodermal reactivity: a longitudinal study from infancy to age 10

Grazyna Kochanska; Rebecca L Brock; Kuan-Hua Chen; Nazan Aksan; Steven W Anderson

doi:10.1007/s10802-014-9938-x

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Paths from mother-child and father-child relationships to externalizing behavior problems in children differing in electrodermal reactivity: a longitudinal study from infancy to age 10

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Paths from mother-child and father-child relationships to externalizing behavior problems in children differing in electrodermal reactivity: a longitudinal study from infancy to age 10

Grazyna Kochanska, Rebecca L Brock, Kuan-Hua Chen, Nazan Aksan and Steven W Anderson

Journal of abnormal child psychology, Vol.43(4), pp.721-734

05/2015

DOI: 10.1007/s10802-014-9938-x

PMCID: PMC4363044

PMID: 25218772

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Abstract

Electrodermal hyporeactivity (or low skin conductance level, SCL) has been long established as a correlate of and diathesis for antisocial behavior, aggression, disregard for rules of conduct and feelings of others, and generally, externalizing behavior problems in children and adults. Much less is known, however, about how individual differences in children's SCL and qualities of their early experiences in relationships with parents interact to produce antisocial outcomes. In a community sample of 102 families (51 girls), we examined children's SCL, assessed in standard laboratory tasks at age 8 (N = 81), as a moderator of the links between parent-child socialization history and children's externalizing behavior problems at ages 8 and 10, reported by mothers and fathers in well-established instruments and by children in clinical interviews. Mother- and father-child socialization history was assessed in frequent, intensive observations. Parent-child mutually responsive orientation (MRO) was observed from infancy to age 10, parental power assertion was observed from 15 months to age 6 ½, and children reported their attachment security in interviews at age 8 and 10. For children with lower SCL, variations in mothers' power assertion and father-child MRO were associated with parent-rated externalizing problems. The former interaction was consistent with diathesis-stress, and the latter with differential susceptibility. For children with higher SCL, there were no links between socialization history and externalizing problems.

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Father-Child Relations

Humans

Child Behavior Disorders - physiopathology

Child, Preschool

Infant

Male

Mother-Child Relations

Female

Galvanic Skin Response - physiology

Child

Longitudinal Studies

Socialization

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Title: Subtitle: Paths from mother-child and father-child relationships to externalizing behavior problems in children differing in electrodermal reactivity: a longitudinal study from infancy to age 10
Creators: Grazyna Kochanska - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242-1407, USA, grazyna-kochanska@uiowa.edu
Rebecca L Brock
Kuan-Hua Chen
Nazan Aksan
Steven W Anderson
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of abnormal child psychology, Vol.43(4), pp.721-734
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-014-9938-x
PMID: 25218772
PMCID: PMC4363044
NLM abbreviation: J Abnorm Child Psychol
ISSN: 0091-0627
eISSN: 1573-2835
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC; United States
Grant note: K02 MH001446 / NIMH NIH HHS R01 HD069171 / NICHD NIH HHS K02MH01446 / NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH063096 / NIMH NIH HHS R01MH63096 / NIMH NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 05/2015
Academic Unit: Neurology; Psychological and Brain Sciences
Record Identifier: 9984002490302771

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