Linking autonomic physiology and emotion regulation in preschoolers: The role of reactivity and recovery

Kahle, Sarah; Miller, Jonas G.; Hastings, Paul D.

doi:10.1002/dev.21746

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“…However, studies are pointing to the importance of differential modeling of RSA such as linear and quadratic effects of RSA across different tasks and different developmental stages (Cui et al, ). Furthermore, in addition to resting RSA and RSA reactivity, some suggest that individual differences in RSA recovery from a stressor back to rest may also reflect a key process in regulation (Kahle, Miller, Helm, & Hastings ). Thus, future research would benefit from comparing models of RSA to identify those that are most appropriate and informative for the study of emotion regulation.…”

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“…Furthermore, in addition to resting RSA and RSA reactivity, some suggest that individual differences in RSA recovery from a stressor back to rest may also reflect a key process in regulation (Kahle, Miller, Helm, & Hastings 2018). Thus, future research would benefit from comparing models of RSA to identify those that are most appropriate and informative for the study of emotion regulation.…”

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Fathering across contexts: The moderating role of respiratory sinus arrhythmia in predicting toddler emotion regulation

Richardson

Bocknek

McGoron

et al. 2019

Developmental Psychobiology

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Caregivers play an integral role in promoting children's emotion regulation, while children's individual physiology affects how they respond to the caregiving environment. Relatively little is known about how fathering influences toddler emotion regulation, particularly within African American and low‐income communities, where risk related to the development of emotion regulation is higher. This study investigated relations among fathering, toddler parasympathetic regulation, and toddler emotion regulation in a sample of 92 families. Fathering was assessed during two interactions: engagement following a stressor during a triadic task and a dyadic play task. Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (resting and reactivity) was obtained as an index of toddler parasympathetic arousal. Findings demonstrated an association between fathers’ engagement poststressor and toddler emotion regulation. Toddler RSA moderated this association: toddlers with elevated levels of resting RSA benefitted from parenting engagement following a stressor. Fathering during play did not relate to toddler emotion regulation. The importance of fathering and physiologic contexts in early regulatory development is discussed.

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Section: Strengths Limitations and Implications For Research And mentioning

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Fathering across contexts: The moderating role of respiratory sinus arrhythmia in predicting toddler emotion regulation

Richardson

Bocknek

McGoron

et al. 2019

Developmental Psychobiology

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“…Critical for investigations of self‐regulation in particular, at least one study has demonstrated links between autonomic recovery and the use of different self‐regulatory strategies (Kahle, Miller, Helm, & Hastings, ). This work showed that, in response to a frustration induction, a disengagement strategy was linked with less sympathetic arousal concurrently (reactivity) while greater use of engagement strategies was associated with increased sympathetic reactivity.…”

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Considering context in the developmental psychobiology of self‐regulation

Davis

Brooker

Kahle

2020

Developmental Psychobiology

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The developmental psychobiology of self‐regulation in childhood has received increasing attention in recent years. As a next step in advancing research and theorizing about the processes by which early biological correlates of self‐regulation are forged, a more nuanced consideration of the contexts in which these phenomena are embedded is needed. This review synthesizes insights from distinct but complementary approaches to studying the developmental psychobiology of early self‐regulation, focusing on the idea of context at different time scales. Three types of context that differ in temporal resolution are considered: (a) The temporally immediate contexts occurring within a structured challenge, including the baseline‐to‐task context of reactive psychobiology, the within‐task context of dynamic change, and the post‐task context of recovery from challenge. (b) The temporally moderate contexts of task type, including variants like the specific emotion that is under study and whether the task involves (or allows for) self‐regulatory behaviors. (c) The temporally chronic contexts of important social relationships within which children are embedded and developing. Future research efforts that incorporate a more nuanced appreciation for the temporal resolution of contexts in developmental psychobiology will allow for novel tests and refinement of theories of self‐regulation, as well as other domains of child development.

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“…The same participating infants were also brought into the laboratory where we measured their reactivity while administering an attention task to measure visual sustained attention, and a behavioural task (still‐face protocol) to measure emotion reactivity. Early atypical performance on both of these tasks has been linked to a range of later psychopathologies (Johnson, Gliga, Jones, & Charman, ; Jones, Gliga, Bedford, Charman, & Johnson, ; Kahle, Miller, Helm, & Hastings, ; Santucci et al., ). Autonomic arousal was assessed using a combination of electrocardiography (ECG), heart rate variability and actigraphy (Cacioppo, Tassinary, & Berntson, ).…”

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Influences of environmental stressors on autonomic function in 12‐month‐old infants: understanding early common pathways to atypical emotion regulation and cognitive performance

Wass¹,

Smith

Daubney³

et al. 2019

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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Background: Previous research has suggested that children exposed to more early-life stress show worse mental health outcomes and impaired cognitive performance in later life, but the mechanisms subserving these relationships remain poorly understood. Method: Using miniaturised microphones and physiological arousal monitors (electrocardiography, heart rate variability and actigraphy), we examined for the first time infants' autonomic reactions to environmental stressors (noise) in the home environment, in a sample of 82 12-month-old infants from mixed demographic backgrounds. The same infants also attended a laboratory testing battery where attention-and emotion-eliciting stimuli were presented. We examined how children's environmental noise exposure levels at home related to their autonomic reactivity and to their behavioural performance in the laboratory. Results: Individual differences in total noise exposure were independent of other socioeconomic and parenting variables. Children exposed to higher and more rapidly fluctuating environmental noise showed more unstable autonomic arousal patterns overall in home settings. In the laboratory testing battery, this group showed more labile and short-lived autonomic changes in response to novel attention-eliciting stimuli, along with reduced visual sustained attention. They also showed increased arousal lability in response to an emotional stressor. Conclusions: Our results offer new insights into the mechanisms by which environmental noise exposure may confer increased risk of adverse mental health and impaired cognitive performance during later life.

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Linking autonomic physiology and emotion regulation in preschoolers: The role of reactivity and recovery

Cited by 23 publications

References 72 publications

Fathering across contexts: The moderating role of respiratory sinus arrhythmia in predicting toddler emotion regulation

Fathering across contexts: The moderating role of respiratory sinus arrhythmia in predicting toddler emotion regulation

Considering context in the developmental psychobiology of self‐regulation

Influences of environmental stressors on autonomic function in 12‐month‐old infants: understanding early common pathways to atypical emotion regulation and cognitive performance

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