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Early Life Stress and Behavior Problems in Early Childhood: Investigating the Contributions of Child Temperament and Executive Functions to Resilience
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Maat, Donna A.; Schuurmans, Isabel K.; Jongerling, Joran; Metcalf, Stephen A.; Lucassen, Nicole; Franken, Ingmar H. A.; Prinzie, Peter; Jansen, Pauline W. – Child Development, 2022
This preregistered study examined whether child temperament and executive functions moderated the longitudinal association between early life stress (ELS) and behavior problems. In a Dutch population-based cohort (n = 2803), parents reported on multiple stressors (age 0-6 years), child temperament (age 5), and executive functions (age 4), and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Problems, Early Experience, Personality
Diverse Experience of Immigrant Children: How Do Separation and Reunification Shape Their Development?
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Lu, Yao; He, Qian; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Child Development, 2020
Although many immigrant children to the United States arrive with their parents, a notable proportion are first separated and later reunited with their parents. How do the experiences of separation and reunification shape the well-being of immigrant children? Data were from a national survey of legal adult immigrants and their families, the New…
Descriptors: Children, Child Development, Separation Anxiety, Parent Child Relationship
Methylation of the Glucocorticoid Receptor Gene Promoter in Preschoolers: Links with Internalizing Behavior Problems
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Parade, Stephanie H.; Ridout, Kathryn K.; Seifer, Ronald; Armstrong, David A.; Marsit, Carmen J.; McWilliams, Melissa A.; Tyrka, Audrey R. – Child Development, 2016
Accumulating evidence suggests that early adversity is linked to methylation of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) gene, "NR3C1," which is a key regulator of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Yet no prior work has considered the contribution of methylation of "NR3C1" to emerging behavior problems and psychopathology in…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Behavior Problems, Genetics, Psychopathology
Relations of Parenting and Temperament to Chinese Children's Experience of Negative Life Events, Coping Efficacy, and Externalizing Problems
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Zhou, Qing; Wang, Yun; Deng, Xianli; Eisenberg, Nancy; Wolchik, Sharlene A.; Tein, Jenn-Yun – Child Development, 2008
The relations of parenting and temperament (effortful control and anger/frustration) to children's externalizing problems were examined in a 3.8-year longitudinal study of 425 native Chinese children (6-9 years) from Beijing. Children's experience of negative life events and coping efficacy were examined as mediators in the parenting- and…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems
Mechanisms of the Relation between Perinatal Problems, Early Childhood Illness, and Psychopathology in Late Childhood and Adolescence.
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Cohen, Patricia; And Others – Child Development, 1989
Data on perinatal and early childhood somatic and psychological risk factors of a random sample of children in early to middle childhood were used to examine the long-term risk of emotional and behavioral problems of late childhood and adolescence. (PCB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Diseases, Early Experience
The Relations of Regulation and Negative Emotionality to Indonesian Children's Social Functioning.
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Eisenberg, Nancy; Pidada, Sri; Liew, Jeffrey – Child Development, 2001
Examined relations of individual differences in regulation and negative emotionality to Indonesian third-graders' social skills/low externalizing problem behavior, sociometric status, and shyness. Found that children's low socially appropriate behavior/high problem behavior and rejected peer status were related to low dispositional regulation and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Emotional Experience, Foreign Countries
The Relations of Regulation and Emotionality to Children's Externalizing and Internalizing Problem Behavior.
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Eisenberg, Nancy; Cumberland, Amanda; Spinrad, Tracy L.; Fabes, Richard A.; Shepard, Stephanie A.; Reiser, Mark; Murphy, Bridget C.; LoSaga, Sandra H.; Guthrie, Ivanna K. – Child Development, 2001
Examined relation of different types of negative emotion and regulation and control to 55- to 97-month-olds' internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors. Found that children with externalizing problems, compared to children with internalizing problems and nondisordered children, were more prone to anger, impulsivity, and low regulation.…
Descriptors: Anger, Anxiety, Attention Control, Behavior Problems
Effects of Residential Instability on Head Start Children and Their Relationships with Older Siblings: Influences of Child Emotionality and Conflict between Family Members.
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Stoneman, Zolinda; Brody, Gene H.; Churchill, Susan L.; Winn, Laura L. – Child Development, 1999
Examined influence of residential dislocations on child behavior problems, depression, peer competence, cognitive competence, and quality of sibling relationships among Head Start children and their older siblings. Found that child emotionality moderated the effects of residential mobility. Caregiver conflict was a less powerful moderator.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Cognitive Development, Conflict, Depression (Psychology)