Dynamic fluctuations in maternal cardiac vagal tone moderate moment-to-moment associations between children’s negative behavior and maternal emotional support

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9786863
AutoresNiyantri Ravindran (0000-0003-2201-3657, autor de correspondencia), Nancy L Mcelwain (0000-0001-9586-5020), Daniel Berry (0000-0001-7001-7914), Laura Kramer (0000-0002-7417-2396), Laurie Kramer
Año2022
Volumen58
Número2
Páginas286-296
Fecha de publicación2022-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDevelopmental Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/dev0001299
OpenAlexW4206402869
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4

Our primary objective was to examine the extent to which moment-to-moment associations between preschool-aged children's behavior and maternal emotional support differed for mothers showing different levels of parasympathetic engagement. We used behavioral observations of maternal and child behavior and maternal changes in cardiac vagal tone assessed via respiratory sinus arrhythmia in 15-s intervals during a 5-min challenging puzzle task (N = 121 dyads; 65 girls, Mage = 4.42 years). Results from multilevel models showed that increases in children's defeat (e.g., frustration, task withdrawal) coupled with maternal vagal augmentation (an index of social engagement) in a given 15-s interval predicted increases in maternal support in the next interval, whereas increases in children's defeat coupled with maternal vagal withdrawal (an index of physiological arousal) in a given 15-s interval did not predict increases in maternal support. Findings suggest that vagal augmentation in mothers may operate together with fluctuations in children's negative behaviors to predict supportive parenting in real time. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Arousal · Audiology · Blood pressure · Developmental psychology · Heart rate · Heart rate variability · Multilevel model · PsycINFO · Vagal tone · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control · Internal Medicine · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology