Sensitive Caregiving and Reward Responsivity: A Novel Mechanism Linking Parenting and Executive Functions Development in Early Childhood

Autor/inn/en	Werchan, Denise M.; Ku, Seulki; Berry, Daniel; Blair, Clancy
Titel	Sensitive Caregiving and Reward Responsivity: A Novel Mechanism Linking Parenting and Executive Functions Development in Early Childhood
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 26 (2023) 2, (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Werchan, Denise M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-755X
DOI	10.1111/desc.13293
Schlagwörter	Child Rearing; Parenting Styles; Executive Function; Rural Areas; Child Development; Infants; Young Children; Correlation; Rewards; Child Behavior; Self Management + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindererziehung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Kindesentwicklung; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Frühe Kindheit; Korrelation; Reward; Belohnung; Selbstmanagement
Abstract	Sensitive caregiving is an essential aspect of positive parenting that influences executive functions development, but the mechanisms underlying this association are less clear. Using data from the Family Life Project, a large prospective longitudinal sample of 1292 families residing in rural, predominately low-income communities, the current study examined whether sensitive caregiving impacts executive functions development by shaping behavioral reward processing systems in early postnatal life. Results indicated that higher levels of sensitive caregiving during infancy were associated with heightened reward responsivity at age 4, which in turn predicted superior executive functions ability at age 5. Notably, children's reward responsivity partially mediated the relationship between sensitive caregiving in infancy and executive functions ability at school entry. These findings add to prior work on early experience and children's executive functions and highlight caregiver scaffolding of developing reward processing systems as a potential foundational mechanism for supporting adaptive behavior and self-regulation across the lifespan. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01