Contributions of Observed Coparenting and Infant Temperament to Child Social-Emotional Adjustment
Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Early childhood is a critical period of rapid development, in which stable social and emotional skills are formed.Infant temperament is a strong predictor of later behavioral adjustment and maladjustment.Coparenting also plays a role in toddler adjustment.The present study sought to understand the interactive effects of coparenting and infant temperament in impacting subsequent child behavioral adjustment.Data come from a longitudinal study of 182 U.S. dual-earner primiparous couples and their infant children.At the 9-month assessment, mothers independently completed the 37-item Revised Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Very Short Form to assess their child's temperament.Undermining and supportive coparenting was assessed from mother-fatherinfant interaction observations and self-reports of coparenting behavior by both parents at 9-months postpartum.At approximately 2 years postpartum mothers completed the ITSEA, a clinical assessment tool designed to identify competencies and areas of concern in toddlers' social-emotional development.Hierarchical regression analyses revealed support for the differential susceptibility hypothesis, which proposes that infants high in negative affectivity are more susceptibility to rearing influences.Specifically, difficult infants had lower levels of dysregulation when embedded in an observed supportive Vitae May 2010 ...
Author: Lauren E. Altenburger
Institution: The Ohio State University
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2613795596