Early Adversity, RSA, and Inhibitory Control: Evidence of Children’s Neurobiological Sensitivity to Social Context

dc.contributor.authorSkowron, E. A., Cipriano‐Essel, E., Gatzke‐Kopp, L. M., Teti, D. M., & Ammerman, R. T.
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-25T15:44:54Z
dc.date.available2014-08-25T15:44:54Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis study examined parasympathetic physiology as a moderator of the effects of early adversity (i.e., child abuse and neglect) on children’s inhibitory control. Children’s respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) was assessed during a resting baseline, two joint challenge tasks with mother, and an individual frustration task. RSA assessed during each of the joint parent–child challenge tasks moderated the effects of child maltreatment (CM) status on children’s independently-assessed inhibitory control. No moderation effect was found for RSA assessed at baseline or in the child-alone challenge task. Among CM-exposed children, lower RSA levels during the joint task predicted the lowest inhibitory control, whereas higher joint task RSA was linked to higher inhibitory control scores that were indistinguishable from those of non-CM children. Results are discussed with regard to the importance of considering context specificity (i.e., individual and caregiver contexts) in how biomarkers inform our understanding of individual differences in vulnerability among at-risk children. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationSkowron, E. A., Cipriano‐Essel, E., Gatzke‐Kopp, L. M., Teti, D. M., & Ammerman, R. T. (2014). Early adversity, RSA, and inhibitory control: Evidence of children's neurobiological sensitivity to social context. Developmental psychobiology, 56(5), 964-978.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3992193/pdf/nihms561189.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/1672
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherDevelopmental Psychobiologyen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectelectrophysiologyen_US
dc.subjectparental careen_US
dc.subjectstressen_US
dc.subjectattentionen_US
dc.titleEarly Adversity, RSA, and Inhibitory Control: Evidence of Children’s Neurobiological Sensitivity to Social Contexten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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