Psychophysiology of Parenting School-Aged Children: A Systematic Review of the Physiological Correlates of Parenting Behaviors.

ABSTRACT: Parenting behavior is thought to be undergirded by internal processes, including autonomic and neuroendocrine responsivity. Parents are school-aged children's primary sources of support and guidance, underscoring the importance of identifying proximal influences on parenting behavior in middle childhood. However, the literature on physiological correlates of parenting behaviors in school-aged children has yet to be comprehensively reviewed. To address this gap, we conducted a pre-registered systematic review with the aims of assessing physiological responsivity and its correlates at both within- and between-person levels of analysis and during stressful and non-stressful tasks. We identified 23 studies that described parents' physiological responsivity in either general autonomic, parasymp

SUBMITTER: Somers JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12369279 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature