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DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY
Volume 50, Issue 3, Pages 205-216Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20283
Keywords
vagal tone; temperament; emotion regulation; child
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- NIMH NIH HHS [MH56193] Funding Source: Medline
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We examined indices of vagal tone and two dimensions of temperament as predictors of emotion regulation (ER) strategies among children (n = 54, ages 4-7) of mothers with a history of depression and control mothers. Children's (adaptive and maladaptive) ER strategies were observed during a delay of gratification (frustration) task in one protocol. In a separate and independent protocol, vagal tone was assessed during rest (baseline), during emotional challenge (reactivity) and post-challenge (recovery) and mothers rated their children's temperament (effortful control, negative affectivity). Lower vagal recovery and higher negative affectivity were associated with maladaptive ER responses to frustration. However vagal tone and temperament were not associated with adaptive ER responses and maternal depression status did not affect the results. Overall, the findings are consistent with models of vagal tone and temperament as markers of individual differences in ER. (C) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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