Maternal Personality and Child Temperamental Reactivity: Differential Susceptibility for Child Externalizing Behavioral Problems in China
It is important to identify the developmental antecedents of externalizing behavioral problems in early childhood. The current study examined the main effects of maternal personality and its interactive effects with child temperamental reactivity in predicting child externalizing behavioral problems...
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| description | It is important to identify the developmental antecedents of externalizing behavioral problems in early childhood. The current study examined the main effects of maternal personality and its interactive effects with child temperamental reactivity in predicting child externalizing behavioral problems, indicated by impulsivity and aggression. This study was composed of 70 children (Mage = 17.6 months, SD = 3.73) and their mothers. The results showed that maternal agreeableness was negatively associated with child impulsivity. Child temperamental reactivity moderated the effect of maternal conscientiousness on child impulsivity in support of the differential susceptibility model. Specifically, for highly reactive children, maternal conscientiousness was negatively associated with child impulsivity whereas this association was non-significant for low reactive children. Child reactivity also moderated the contribution of maternal neuroticism to child impulsivity. That is, maternal neuroticism was negatively associated with impulsivity, only for highly reactive children. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9b87095dcceb4f71b02d67a60c4d7e272022-12-21T16:53:56ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782018-10-01910.3389/fpsyg.2018.01952383307Maternal Personality and Child Temperamental Reactivity: Differential Susceptibility for Child Externalizing Behavioral Problems in ChinaShufen Xing0Xin Gao1Xia Liu2Yuanyuan Ma3Zhengyan Wang4Department of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, ChinaInstitute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, ChinaIt is important to identify the developmental antecedents of externalizing behavioral problems in early childhood. The current study examined the main effects of maternal personality and its interactive effects with child temperamental reactivity in predicting child externalizing behavioral problems, indicated by impulsivity and aggression. This study was composed of 70 children (Mage = 17.6 months, SD = 3.73) and their mothers. The results showed that maternal agreeableness was negatively associated with child impulsivity. Child temperamental reactivity moderated the effect of maternal conscientiousness on child impulsivity in support of the differential susceptibility model. Specifically, for highly reactive children, maternal conscientiousness was negatively associated with child impulsivity whereas this association was non-significant for low reactive children. Child reactivity also moderated the contribution of maternal neuroticism to child impulsivity. That is, maternal neuroticism was negatively associated with impulsivity, only for highly reactive children.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01952/fullmaternal personalitytemperamental reactivityexternalizing behavioral problemsdifferential susceptibilitydiathesis-stress model |
| spellingShingle | Shufen Xing Xin Gao Xia Liu Yuanyuan Ma Zhengyan Wang Maternal Personality and Child Temperamental Reactivity: Differential Susceptibility for Child Externalizing Behavioral Problems in China Frontiers in Psychology maternal personality temperamental reactivity externalizing behavioral problems differential susceptibility diathesis-stress model |
| title | Maternal Personality and Child Temperamental Reactivity: Differential Susceptibility for Child Externalizing Behavioral Problems in China |
| title_full | Maternal Personality and Child Temperamental Reactivity: Differential Susceptibility for Child Externalizing Behavioral Problems in China |
| title_fullStr | Maternal Personality and Child Temperamental Reactivity: Differential Susceptibility for Child Externalizing Behavioral Problems in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maternal Personality and Child Temperamental Reactivity: Differential Susceptibility for Child Externalizing Behavioral Problems in China |
| title_short | Maternal Personality and Child Temperamental Reactivity: Differential Susceptibility for Child Externalizing Behavioral Problems in China |
| title_sort | maternal personality and child temperamental reactivity differential susceptibility for child externalizing behavioral problems in china |
| topic | maternal personality temperamental reactivity externalizing behavioral problems differential susceptibility diathesis-stress model |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01952/full |
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