Intervening to enhance emotion regulation: early childhood adversity, parent-child mutual positive affect, and later child regulation capabilities
| Author(s) | Lind, Teresa | |
| Date Accessioned | 2018-02-19T14:18:44Z | |
| Date Available | 2018-02-19T14:18:44Z | |
| Publication Date | 2017 | |
| SWORD Update | 2017-11-10T17:23:21Z | |
| Abstract | Early experiences of adversity and maltreatment are linked to later difficulties with emotion regulation. This study sought to examine the role of early risk and parent-child mutual positive affect in influencing children’s later emotion regulation, as well the effects of a preventative intervention, Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) on these capabilities. Parent-child dyads referred to Child Protective Services (CPS) due to concerns of maltreatment were randomly assigned to ABC or a control intervention when children were infants, and a follow-up assessments measured parent-child mutual positive affect at 24 months old and child emotion regulation at 8 years old. Risk indices were developed across three domains: child, parent, and instability, and for two developmental periods: 0-24 months old and 8-10 years old. Results showed that parent-child dyads randomly assigned to ABC displayed a significantly higher percentage of mutual positive affect at 24 months old, compared with parent-child dyads assigned to DEF, controlling for risk. At the 8-year-old follow-up, no significant intervention effects were found for child emotion regulation. However, early parent-child mutual positive affect at 24 months old was linked to later child positive emotion regulation at 8 years old, controlling for early and concurrent risk. In addition, early parent risk at 24 months old was found to play a significant role in predicting later child emotion lability/negativity at 8 years old, controlling for concurrent parent risk. These findings highlight the importance of early parent risk and parent-child mutual positive affect for the development of later emotion regulation skills, and the role that early intervention can play in enhancing early parent-child mutual positive affect. | en_US |
| Advisor | Dozier, Mary | |
| Degree | Ph.D. | |
| Department | University of Delaware, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.58088/jk9g-1x97 | |
| Unique Identifier | 1023576256 | |
| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/23035 | |
| Language | en | |
| Publisher | University of Delaware | en_US |
| URI | https://search.proquest.com/docview/1972774602?accountid=10457 | |
| Keywords | Psychology | en_US |
| Keywords | Child maltreatment | en_US |
| Keywords | Early intervention | en_US |
| Keywords | Emotion regulation | en_US |
| Title | Intervening to enhance emotion regulation: early childhood adversity, parent-child mutual positive affect, and later child regulation capabilities | en_US |
| Type | Thesis | en_US |