Dynamic regulatory processes among child welfare parents: Temporal associations between physiology and parenting behavior.

ABSTRACT: This study examined how temporal associations between parents' physiological and behavioral responses may reflect underlying regulatory difficulties in at-risk parenting. Time-series data of cardiac indices (second-by-second estimates of inter-beat intervals - IBI, and respiratory sinus arrhythmia - RSA) and parenting behaviors were obtained from 204 child welfare-involved parents (88% mothers, M_age = 32.32 years) during child-led play with their 3- to 7-year-old children (45.1% female; M_age = 4.76 years). Known risk factors for maltreatment, including parents' negative social cognitions, mental health symptoms, and inhibitory control problems, were examined as moderators of intra-individual physiology-behavior associations. Results of ordinary different

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10847384 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature