Understanding the terrible twos: A longitudinal investigation of the impact of early executive function and parent-child interactions.
Dev Sci
; 23(6): e12979, 2020 11.
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ABSTRACT
Impairments in both executive function and parent-child interactions are associated with child externalizing behavior, but few studies have tested the uniqueness of these associations in the first years of life. Addressing these gaps, the current study involved an international sample (N = 438; 218 boys) who, at 14 and 24 months, completed an innovative battery of executive function tasks and were filmed at home in dyadic interaction with their mothers, enabling detailed observational ratings of maternal support. In addition, parents rated infant temperament at 4 months and externalizing behavior at 14 and 24 months. Cross-lagged longitudinal analysis showed a unidirectional developmental association between executive function at 14 months and externalizing behavior at 24 months. In addition, infant negative affect moderated the inverse association between maternal support at 14 months and externalizing behavior at 24 months. The benefits of maternal support were only evident for children with low levels of negative affect in infancy. We discuss this finding in relation to theoretical models that highlight child effects (e.g. models of vantage sensitivity).
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Poder Familiar
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Função Executiva
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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En
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Dev Sci
Assunto da revista:
PSICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido