Birth and adoptive parent anxiety symptoms moderate the link between infant attention control and internalizing problems in toddlerhood
Birth and adoptive parent anxiety symptoms moderate the link between infant attention control and internalizing problems in toddlerhood
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DOI：
10.1017/s095457941300103x
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发表时间：
2014-05-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Reiss, David
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作者：
Brooker, Rebecca J.;Neiderhiser, Jenae M.;Reiss, David
注意控制在儿童内化症状的发展中起着重要作用。我们探索了婴儿的遗传和环境风险在多大程度上缓和了幼儿时期注意力控制和内化问题之间的联系。在前瞻性收养设计中对这些关联进行了检查，使内在化问题的遗传和环境风险得以解开。在收养婴儿9个月大的痛苦期间观察注意控制。以亲生父母焦虑症状作为遗传风险指标，养父母焦虑症状作为环境风险指标。养父母在孩子18个月和27个月大时报告了孩子的内化问题。婴儿时期的注意力控制能力较强，似乎可以减轻由焦虑程度较低的养父母抚养的儿童在幼儿时期出现内化问题的遗传风险。研究结果表明，对于在低风险环境中长大的基因易感儿童来说，注意力控制可能是一种保护因素，可以防止他们在早期生活中出现内化问题。
Attention control plays an important role in the development of internalizing symptoms in children. We explored the degree to which infants' genetic and environmentally based risk moderated the link between attention control and internalizing problems during toddlerhood. These associations were examined within a prospective adoption design, enabling the disentanglement of genetic and environmental risk for internalizing problems. Attention control in adopted infants was observed during periods of distress at age 9 months. Birth parents' anxiety symptoms were used as an index of genetic risk, while adoptive parents' anxiety symptoms were used as an index of environmental risk. Adoptive mothers and fathers reported on children's internalizing problems when children were 18 and 27 months old. Greater attention control in infancy appeared to mitigate genetically based risk for internalizing problems during toddlerhood when children were raised by adoptive parents who were low in anxiety. Findings suggest that for genetically susceptible children who are raised in low-risk environments, attention control may provide a protective factor against developing internalizing problems across early life.