TY - JOUR
T1 - Parenting and Cortisol in Infancy Interactively Predict Conduct Problems and Callous–Unemotional Behaviors in Childhood
AU - Family Life Project Key Investigators
AU - Wagner, Nicholas J.
AU - Mills-Koonce, W. Roger
AU - Willoughby, Michael T.
AU - Cox, Martha J.
AU - Vernon-Feagans, Lynne
AU - Blair, Clancy
AU - Burchinal, Margaret R.
AU - Crnic, Keith
AU - Crouter, Ann
AU - Garrett-Peters, Patricia
AU - Greenberg, Mark T.
AU - Frank, Jennifer L.
AU - Stifter, Cynthia
AU - Werner, Emily
AU - Lanza, Stephanie
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Grants 1PO1HD39667 and 2PO1HD039667. The Family Life Project Key Investigators include Lynne Vernon-Feagans and Martha J. Cox, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Clancy Blair, New York University; Margaret R. Burchinal, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Linda Burton, Duke University; Keith Crnic, Arizona State University; Ann Crouter, Pennsylvania State University; Patricia Garrett-Peters, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Mark T. Greenberg, Jennifer L. Frank, Cynthia Stifter, Emily Werner, and Stephanie Lanza, Pennsylvania State University; W. Roger Mills-Koonce, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; and Michael Willoughby, RTI International. We also thank the many families and research assistants who made this study possible.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors. Child Development © 2017 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - This study examines observed maternal sensitivity, harsh-intrusion, and mental-state talk in infancy as predictors of conduct problems (CP) and callous–unemotional (CU) behaviors in middle childhood, as well as the extent to which infants’ resting cortisol and cortisol reactivity moderate these associations. Using data from the Family Life Project (n = 1,292), results indicate that maternal sensitivity at 6 months predicts fewer CP at first grade, but only for infants who demonstrate high levels of cortisol reactivity. Maternal harsh intrusion predicts fewer empathic–prosocial behaviors, a component of CU behaviors, but only for infants who demonstrate high resting cortisol. Findings are discussed in the context of diathesis–stress and differential susceptibility models.
AB - This study examines observed maternal sensitivity, harsh-intrusion, and mental-state talk in infancy as predictors of conduct problems (CP) and callous–unemotional (CU) behaviors in middle childhood, as well as the extent to which infants’ resting cortisol and cortisol reactivity moderate these associations. Using data from the Family Life Project (n = 1,292), results indicate that maternal sensitivity at 6 months predicts fewer CP at first grade, but only for infants who demonstrate high levels of cortisol reactivity. Maternal harsh intrusion predicts fewer empathic–prosocial behaviors, a component of CU behaviors, but only for infants who demonstrate high resting cortisol. Findings are discussed in the context of diathesis–stress and differential susceptibility models.
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U2 - 10.1111/cdev.12900
DO - 10.1111/cdev.12900
M3 - Article
C2 - 28737836
AN - SCOPUS:85059828906
SN - 0009-3920
VL - 90
SP - 279
EP - 297
JO - Child development
JF - Child development
IS - 1
ER -