It Takes Two: Infants' Moderate Negative Reactivity and Maternal Sensitivity Predict Self-Regulation in the Preschool Years

Autor/inn/en	Geeraerts, Sanne B.; Backer, Penina M.; Stifter, Cynthia A.
Titel	It Takes Two: Infants' Moderate Negative Reactivity and Maternal Sensitivity Predict Self-Regulation in the Preschool Years
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 56 (2020) 5, S.869-879 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000921
Schlagwörter	Infants; Mothers; Preschool Children; Parent Child Relationship; Crying; Infant Behavior; Toddlers; Parenting Styles; Correlation; Self Control; Predictor Variables; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Mother; Mutter; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Weinen; Infants; Korrelation; Selbstbeherrschung; Prädiktor
Abstract	The aim of this longitudinal study was to examine the association of infant fussing and crying with self-regulation in toddlerhood and the preschool years, as well as the moderating role of maternal sensitivity therein. When children (n = 149, 53.69% boys) were 6 months old, parents reported on their fussing and crying using a cry diary, and maternal sensitivity was coded during a novel toy procedure. Children participated in various tasks to assess self-regulation in toddlerhood (18 months) and the preschool years (4.5 years). Results indicated that the relation between infant fussing and preschool self-regulation took the shape of an inverted U, but only for children of highly sensitive mothers. For infants of less sensitive mothers, fussing was not related to later self-regulation. Crying was unrelated to preschool self-regulation. Neither fussing, crying, nor maternal sensitivity predicted self-regulation in toddlerhood. The findings support the optimal arousal theory, by demonstrating that for infants of highly sensitive mothers, moderate amounts of low intensity negative reactivity are associated with enhanced self-regulation in the preschool years. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01