TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Preschoolers' psychophysiological responses to mood induction tasks moderate the intergenerational transmission of internalizing problems
JO  - Biological psychology
A1  - Davis, Molly
A1  - Suveg, Cynthia
A1  - Whitehead, Monica
A1  - Jones, Anna
A1  - Shaffer, Anne
SP  - 159
EP  - 169
VL  - 117
IS  - 
N2  - To identify factors that can both exacerbate risk for, and protect against, internalizing problems during early childhood, the present study examined whether children's respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) suppression in response to emotionally-laden film clips would moderate the association between maternal and child anxious/depressive symptoms in a cross-sectional sample of 108 mothers (M age=30.68years, SD=6.06) and their preschool-age children (M age=3.50years, SD=.52, 61.00% male). <br><br>RESULTS indicated that RSA suppression in response to the fear clip moderated the positive association between maternal and child anxious/depressive symptoms, such that higher suppression served a protective-stabilizing function while lower suppression exacerbated children's risk for internalizing symptoms in the context of higher maternal symptoms. Moderation findings involving RSA suppression in response to a happiness-inducing clip were consistent with biological sensitivity to context; the association between maternal and child symptoms was strongest for children higher in suppression.<br><br>Copyright © 2016. Published by Elsevier B.V.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0301-0511
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2016.03.015
ID  - ref1
ER  -