Loading...
Early life stress and behavior problems in early childhood: Investigating the contributions of child temperament and executive functions to resilience
de Maat,Donna A. Schuurmans,Isabel K. Jongerling,Joran Metcalf,Stephen A. Lucassen,Nicole Franken,Ingmar H.A. Prinzie,Peter Jansen,Pauline W.
de Maat,Donna A.
Schuurmans,Isabel K.
Jongerling,Joran
Metcalf,Stephen A.
Lucassen,Nicole
Franken,Ingmar H.A.
Prinzie,Peter
Jansen,Pauline W.
Abstract
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 teachers rated child internalizing and externalizing problems (age 7). Results showed that greater ELS was related to higher levels of internalizing and externalizing problems, with betas reflecting small effects. Lower surgency buffered the positive association of ELS with externalizing problems, while better shifting capacities weakened the positive association between ELS and internalizing problems. Other child characteristics did not act as moderators. Findings underscore the importance of examining multiple protective factors simultaneously.
Description
Funding Information: The general design of Generation R Study is made possible by financial support from the Erasmus Medical Center and the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMW), the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, and the Ministry of Youth and Families. This study was supported by the Erasmus Initiatives “Vital Cities and Citizens” of the Erasmus University Rotterdam (grant number 14000000.005). Stephen A. Metcalf was supported by an open research award from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Date
2022
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Research Projects
Organizational Units
Journal Issue
Keywords
CUMULATIVE RISK, DEPRESSION, EFFORTFUL CONTROL, EMOTIONALITY, EXTERNALIZING SYMPTOMS, MODERATION, PREDICTORS, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, SENSITIVITY, SOCIAL COMPETENCE
Citation
de Maat, D A, Schuurmans, I K, Jongerling, J, Metcalf, S A, Lucassen, N, Franken, I H A, Prinzie, P & Jansen, P W 2022, 'Early life stress and behavior problems in early childhood : Investigating the contributions of child temperament and executive functions to resilience', Child Development, vol. 93, no. 1, pp. E1-E16. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13663
License
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess