Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia, Effortful Control, and Parenting as Predictors of Children's Sympathy across Early Childhood

Autor/inn/en	Taylor, Zoe E.; Eisenberg, Nancy; Spinrad, Tracy L.
Titel	Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia, Effortful Control, and Parenting as Predictors of Children's Sympathy across Early Childhood
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 51 (2015) 1, S.17-25 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0038189
Schlagwörter	Physiology; Environmental Influences; Predictor Variables; Children; Emotional Response; Parenting Styles; Structural Equation Models; Correlation; Self Control; Parent Influence; Socialization; Urban Areas; Social Development; Emotional Development; Mothers; Observation; Affective Behavior; Power Structure; Coding; Parent Child Relationship; Rating Scales; Inhibition; Questionnaires + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physiologie; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Prädiktor; Child; Kind; Kinder; Emotionales Verhalten; Korrelation; Selbstbeherrschung; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Urban area; Stadtregion; Soziale Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung; Mother; Mutter; Beobachtung; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Codierung; Programmierung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Rating-Skala; Hemmung; Fragebogen
Abstract	The goal of this study was to examine physiological and environmental predictors of children's sympathy (an emotional response consisting of feelings of concern or sorrow for others who are distressed or in need) and whether temperamental effortful control mediated these relations. Specifically, in a study of 192 children (23% Hispanic; 54% male), respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), a measure thought to reflect physiological regulation, and observed authoritative parenting (both at 42 months) were examined as predictors of children's effortful control (at 54 months) and, in turn, children's sympathy (at 72 and 84 months). Measures of both baseline RSA and RSA suppression were examined. In a structural equation model, observed parenting was positively related to children's subsequent sympathy through its positive relation to effortful control. Furthermore, the indirect path from baseline RSA to higher sympathy through effortful control was marginally significant. Authoritative parenting and baseline RSA uniquely predicted individual differences in children's effortful control. Findings highlight the potential role of both authoritative parenting and physiological regulation in the development of children's sympathy. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01