TY - JOUR
T1 - Children's skin conductance reactivity as a mechanism of risk in the context of parental depressive symptoms
AU - Cummings, E. Mark
AU - El-Sheikh, Mona
AU - Kouros, Chrystyna D.
AU - Keller, Peggy S.
PY - 2007/5
Y1 - 2007/5
N2 - Background: Children's physiological reactivity was examined as a moderator of relations between parental dysphoria and child adjustment problems, addressing gaps in the study of child characteristics as risk processes. Method: One hundred fifty-seven children (86 boys, 71 girls)were assessed twice over a two-year interval. Skin conductance level reactivity (SCLR) to inter-adult argument and problem-solving tasks was observed. Results: SCLR moderated longitudinal predictions of children's internalizing, externalizing and social adjustment problems, especially for paternal rather than maternal dysphoria. Higher SCLR predicted greater vulnerability to parental depressive symptomatology. Conclusions: Findings highlight that individual differences in children's physiological reactivity may relate to risk for adjustment problems in the context of parental depressive symptoms.
AB - Background: Children's physiological reactivity was examined as a moderator of relations between parental dysphoria and child adjustment problems, addressing gaps in the study of child characteristics as risk processes. Method: One hundred fifty-seven children (86 boys, 71 girls)were assessed twice over a two-year interval. Skin conductance level reactivity (SCLR) to inter-adult argument and problem-solving tasks was observed. Results: SCLR moderated longitudinal predictions of children's internalizing, externalizing and social adjustment problems, especially for paternal rather than maternal dysphoria. Higher SCLR predicted greater vulnerability to parental depressive symptomatology. Conclusions: Findings highlight that individual differences in children's physiological reactivity may relate to risk for adjustment problems in the context of parental depressive symptoms.
KW - Child adjustment
KW - Depression
KW - Fathering
KW - Physiological reactivity
KW - Skin conductance
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01713.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01713.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 17501724
AN - SCOPUS:34249950272
SN - 0021-9630
VL - 48
SP - 436
EP - 445
JO - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
JF - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
IS - 5
ER -
