Maternal socioeconomic disadvantage, neural function during volitional emotion regulation, and parenting.

ABSTRACT: The transition to becoming a mother involves numerous emotional challenges, and the ability to effectively keep negative emotions in check is critical for parenting. Evidence suggests that experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage interferes with parenting adaptations and alters neural processes related to emotion regulation. The present study examined whether socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with diminished neural activation while mothers engaged in volitional (i.e., purposeful) emotion regulation. 59 mothers, at an average of 4 months postpartum, underwent fMRI scanning and completed the Emotion Regulation Task (ERT). When asked to regulate emotions using reappraisal (i.e., Reappraise condition; reframing stimuli in order to decrease negative emotion), mothers with lower income-to-

SUBMITTER: Capistrano CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10829500 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature