Longitudinal relations between child vagal tone and parenting behavior: 2 to 4 years.
Publication/Presentation Date
7-1-2004
Abstract
The longitudinal relations between physiological markers of child emotion regulation and maternal parenting practices were examined from 2 to 4 years of age. At Time 1, cardiac vagal tone was assessed for one hundred four 2-year-olds (54 females); their mothers completed an assessment of parenting styles. Two years later, at Time 2, 84 of the original participants were reassessed on measures of cardiac vagal tone and parenting style. Results indicated both baseline cardiac vagal tone and maternal parenting practices to be stable from 2 to 4 years of age. Children's cardiac vagal tone predicted specific parenting practices from the toddler to preschool years. Further, child cardiac vagal tone moderated maternal restrictive-parenting practices from 2 to 4 years of age; mothers of children who were highly or moderately physiologically dysregulated were more likely to report restrictive parenting practices at both 2 and 4 years of age.
Volume
45
Issue
1
First Page
10
Last Page
21
ISSN
0012-1630
Published In/Presented At
Kennedy, A. E., Rubin, K. H., Hastings, P. D., & Maisel, B. (2004). Longitudinal relations between child vagal tone and parenting behavior: 2 to 4 years. Developmental psychobiology, 45(1), 10–21. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.20013
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
15229872
Department(s)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Document Type
Article