Examining a developmental pathway from early behavioral inhibition to emotion regulation and social anxiety: The moderating role of parenting.

ABSTRACT: We examined the longitudinal relation between behavioral inhibition (BI) and social anxiety symptoms and behavior and the mediating role of emotion regulation (ER). Moreover, we investigated the influence of parenting behavior on the development of ER strategies. Participants were 291 children (135 male) followed longitudinally from 2 to 13 years. Mothers were predominantly well educated and non-Hispanic Caucasian. Children were screened for BI using maternal report and observational measures (ages 2 and 3), parenting behavior was observed while children and their mothers participated in a fear-eliciting task (age 3), ER strategies were observed while children completed a disappointment task (age 5), and socially anxious behavior was measured via multimethod assessment at 10 and 13 years.

SUBMITTER: Suarez GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8496912 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature