TY - JOUR
T1 - Preschool children's cardiac reactivity moderates relations between exposure to family violence and emotional adjustment
AU - Cipriano, Elizabeth A.
AU - Skowron, Elizabeth A.
AU - Gatzke-Kopp, Lisa M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research and/or authorship of this article: This project was supported by NIH Research Grant R01 MH079328 to E. Skowron and funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and Administration for Children and Families/Children’s Bureau of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families as part of the Federal Child Neglect Research Consortium
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - This study examined relations between cardiac reactivity, family violence exposure (i.e., child maltreatment [CM] and inter-partner violence [IPV]), and preschool children's emotional adjustment. A sample of 92 mother-preschooler dyads was drawn from predominantly low-income, rural communities. Dyads participated in a laboratory session in which children's Electrocardiograph (ECG) monitoring occurred during a resting baseline, joint-challenge, and individual emotional and cognitive tasks. Mothers consented to review of Children & Youth Services (CYS) records for CM and completed an IPV measure. Mothers rated children's emotional adjustment, and observers rated children on their frustration and positive affect. Children's vagal suppression was shown to moderate relations between family violence exposure and emotional adjustment. Findings indicated that children greater in vagal suppression showed better emotional adjustment when from families low in violence. However, regardless of children's level of vagal suppression, all children showed poorer emotional adjustment when from families high in violence.
AB - This study examined relations between cardiac reactivity, family violence exposure (i.e., child maltreatment [CM] and inter-partner violence [IPV]), and preschool children's emotional adjustment. A sample of 92 mother-preschooler dyads was drawn from predominantly low-income, rural communities. Dyads participated in a laboratory session in which children's Electrocardiograph (ECG) monitoring occurred during a resting baseline, joint-challenge, and individual emotional and cognitive tasks. Mothers consented to review of Children & Youth Services (CYS) records for CM and completed an IPV measure. Mothers rated children's emotional adjustment, and observers rated children on their frustration and positive affect. Children's vagal suppression was shown to moderate relations between family violence exposure and emotional adjustment. Findings indicated that children greater in vagal suppression showed better emotional adjustment when from families low in violence. However, regardless of children's level of vagal suppression, all children showed poorer emotional adjustment when from families high in violence.
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U2 - 10.1177/1077559511408887
DO - 10.1177/1077559511408887
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21593016
AN - SCOPUS:80052494127
SN - 1077-5595
VL - 16
SP - 205
EP - 215
JO - Child Maltreatment
JF - Child Maltreatment
IS - 3
ER -
