Interparental relationship dynamics and cardiac vagal functioning in infancy

Graham, Alice M.; Ablow, Jennifer C.; Measelle, Jeffrey R.

doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.07.005

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“…Consistent with conceptual work, empirical studies have reported relations between marital maladjustment, including IPV, and children’s poorer SR (Crockenberg & Langrock, 2001; Davies & Cummings, 1994). Findings also are consistent in showing that adequate interparental relationship adjustment is related to aspects of children’s behavioral and emotional SR, such as higher effortful control, and lower emotional reactivity and higher RSA (e.g., Bridgett et al, 2013; Crockenberg & Langrock, 2001; Davies & Cummings, 1998; Davies, Sturge-Apple, Cicchetti, Manning, & Zale, 2009; Graham, Ablow, & Measelle, 2010; Gustafsson, Cox, & Blair, 2012; Rhoades et al, 2011). Finally, there is evidence that marital conflict affects children’s bottom-up mediated undercontrolled (i.e., impulsivity) and overcontrolled (i.e., behavioral inhibition/fear) SR (see Cummings & Davies, 2002 for discussion).…”

Section: Family Dynamics and Rearing Context As Mechanisms Of Interge...supporting

confidence: 61%

Intergenerational transmission of self-regulation: A multidisciplinary review and integrative conceptual framework.

Bridgett¹,

Burt²,

Edwards³

et al. 2015

Psychological Bulletin

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This review examines mechanisms contributing to the intergenerational transmission of self-regulation. To provide an integrated account of how self-regulation is transmitted across generations, we draw from over 75 years of accumulated evidence, spanning case studies to experimental approaches, in literatures covering developmental, social, and clinical psychology, and criminology, physiology, genetics, and human and animal neuroscience (among others). First, we present a taxonomy of what self-regulation is and then examine how it develops – overviews that guide the main foci of the review. Next, studies supporting an association between parent and child self-regulation are reviewed. Subsequently, literature that considers potential social mechanisms of transmission, specifically parenting behavior, inter-parental (i.e., marital) relationship behaviors, and broader rearing influences (e.g., household chaos) are considered. Finally, literature providing evidence that prenatal programming may be the starting point of the intergenerational transmission of self-regulation is covered, along with key findings from the behavioral and molecular genetics literatures. To integrate these literatures, we introduce the Self-Regulation Intergenerational Transmission Model, a framework that brings together prenatal, social, and neurobiological mechanisms (spanning endocrine, neural, and genetic levels, including gene-environment interplay and epigenetic processes) to explain the intergenerational transmission of self-regulation. This model also incorporates potential transactional processes between generations (e.g., children’s self-regulation and parent-child interaction dynamics that may affect parents’ self-regulation) that further influence intergenerational processes. In pointing the way forward, we note key future directions and ways to address limitations in existing work throughout the review and in closing. We also conclude by noting several implications for intervention work.

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Section: Family Dynamics and Rearing Context As Mechanisms Of Interge...supporting

confidence: 61%

Intergenerational transmission of self-regulation: A multidisciplinary review and integrative conceptual framework.

Bridgett¹,

Burt²,

Edwards³

et al. 2015

Psychological Bulletin

504

476

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“…Second, research has mainly focused on one parent's report of relationship satisfaction (e.g., Graham et al, 2010;Linville et al, 2010). The limited number of studies that have included both mothers and fathers have conceptualised relationship satisfaction at the family-level by either summing or averaging couples' scores (Sturge-Apple et al, 2004) or loading mothers' and fathers' scores onto a single latent construct of couple satisfaction (Kaczynski et al, 2006).…”

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Interparental Relationship Satisfaction from Nine Months to Nine Years and Children’s Socioemotional Competencies at Nine Years

2023

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The quality of the interparental relationship bears important implications for children’s socioemotional development. Given evidence that relationship satisfaction among parents tends to decline over time this study examined how change in parents’ relationship satisfaction from nine-months-old until nine-years-old related to children’s socioemotional difficulties at nine-years-old. Participants were 2074 mothers, fathers, and their child (55.1% male) recruited through random sampling of the Child Benefit Registrar by Growing Up in Ireland cohort study. Mothers ranged in age from 18 to 40 years (M = 31.06, SD = 4.70) and fathers ranged in age from 18 to 60 years (M = 33.50, SD = 5.54). Mothers and fathers completed the Dyadic Adjustment Scale at nine-months-old and at nine-years-old whereas child socioemotional development was assessed via teacher report on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire at nine-years-old. Residualised change analysis indicated that both parents experienced declines in relationship satisfaction from nine-months-old until nine- years-old. However, in families where initial levels of relationship satisfaction were high, there was no significant association between decline in satisfaction and child socioemotional difficulties. Conversely, in couples where initial levels of satisfaction were low, mothers, but not fathers, who experienced further declines had female, but not male, children with more socioemotional difficulties at nine years (β = −0.22, p = 0.01; R2 = 0.15, F = 2.31, p = 0.02). These findings highlight the need for carefully tailored interventions aimed at promoting couple relationship satisfaction during transition to parenthood such that the negative impact on children of any decline experienced over time can be mitigated.

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“…It is found to be a promotive factor for children’s life satisfaction, interpersonal adjustment, and educational attainment (Brauner-Otto et al, 2020; Jin et al, 2019; Shek, 2000). Affectionate behaviors between parents provide emotional security and role models of interpersonal interactions for children in the early years, which may affect children’s biological response to novel and stressful experiences and have concurrent and long-term implications for their socioemotional development (Davies & Woitach, 2008; Graham et al, 2010; Lucas-Thompson & Clarke-Stewart, 2007). There may also be a positive spillover process in the family where affective interparental interactions influence how parents interact with the child (e.g., parenting, response to children’s characteristics), which indirectly impacts children’s later adjustment (Erel & Burman, 1995; Latham, 2018; Spjeldnes & Choi, 2008; Zhao et al, 2021).…”

Section: Parental Involvement Interparental Affection and Positive De...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Different families, diverse strengths: Long-term implications of early childhood family processes on adolescent positive functioning.

Xia¹

2022

Developmental Psychology

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With studies primarily focusing on family risk factors on adolescent maladjustment, less is known about positive family processes that facilitate adolescent positive development. This study aimed to identify different configurations of parental involvement and interparental affection during early childhood from a person-centered approach and examine their long-term implications on adolescent positive functioning at age 15. In a sample of 495 2-parent families (53.3% boys; mothers: 42.0% White, 24.7% Black, 27.4% Hispanic, 5.9% other; family income: Median = $42,500), both parents reported interparental affection and their involvement with the child at the child's age 1 and 5, respectively. Adolescents reported their engagement, perseverance, optimism, connectedness, and happiness at age 15. Six profiles of early family processes were identified via the latent profile analysis, including Child-Centered (13.3%; average to high parental involvement and low interparental affection), Distressed Mother (14.5%; low mother involvement and mothers perceiving less affection from fathers), Collaborative (9.9%; relatively more mother involvement with the child and relatively more fathers' affection toward mothers), Cohesive (36.0%; high parental involvement and high interparental affection), Couple-Centered (19.6%; low parental involvement and high interparental affection), and Disengaged (6.7%; low parental involvement and low interparental affection) families. At age 15 (after controlling for family demographics), adolescents in Child-Centered families reported more engagement, adolescents in Cohesive families reported more happiness, adolescents in Cohesive and Collaborative families reported more perseverance and connectedness, and adolescents in Disengaged families reported the lowest optimism. Results highlight that different family configurations during early childhood have differentiated implications on adolescent positive functioning.

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Interparental relationship dynamics and cardiac vagal functioning in infancy

Cited by 19 publications

References 59 publications

Intergenerational transmission of self-regulation: A multidisciplinary review and integrative conceptual framework.

Intergenerational transmission of self-regulation: A multidisciplinary review and integrative conceptual framework.

Interparental Relationship Satisfaction from Nine Months to Nine Years and Children’s Socioemotional Competencies at Nine Years

Different families, diverse strengths: Long-term implications of early childhood family processes on adolescent positive functioning.

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