More than meets the eye: Examining physiological and behavioral regulation during delay of gratification task.
Dev Psychobiol
; 64(5): e22282, 2022 07.
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ABSTRACT
Children continually encounter situations where they must regulate impulsive responses to achieve a goal, requiring both self-control (SC) and delay of gratification. We examined concurrent behavioral SC strategies (fidgeting, vocalizations, anticipation) and physiological regulation (heart rate [HR], respiratory sinus arrhythmia [RSA]) in 126 children (M (SD) = 5.4 (0.29) years) during a standard delay of gratification task. Latent variable models derived latent SC classes and examined the moderating role of HR/RSA on SC and delay ability. Three classes of SC were identified passive low fidgeting and vocalizations, moderate anticipation; active moderate fidgeting, low vocalizations, and high anticipation; and disruptive moderate fidgeting, high vocalizations, and high anticipation. Children in the active class had the lowest odds of delaying full task time, compared to children in the passive (OR = 0.67, z = -5.25, p < .001) and disruptive classes (OR = 0.76, z = -2.03, p = .04). RSA changes during the task moderated the relationship between SC class and delay ability for children in the active class (aOR = 0.92, z = -3.1, p < .01). Within the group who struggled to delay gratification (active class), a subset exhibiting appropriate autonomic regulation was able to delay. The findings suggest probing congruency of observed behavioral and unobserved physiological regulation.
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MEDLINE
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Descuento por Demora
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Arritmia Sinusal Respiratoria
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Autocontrol
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Child
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Humans
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En
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Dev Psychobiol
Año:
2022
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Article
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Estados Unidos