EMOTION REGULATION AND EARLY BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS

高反应性、不合作和缺乏冲动控制是 儿童早期行为问题的特点。不能 控制或调节情绪，特别是负面情绪，可能是一种 这些疾病的重要前驱因素。本研究的目标是 要在正常人群中识别这些前驱因素，需要检查 在生命的头两年，情绪调节的发展。 因为调节情绪唤醒的能力很可能是 无论是婴儿还是婴儿的社会背景，这项研究还将 检查情绪调节的生理和社会相关因素。 具体地说，对婴儿及其母亲的纵向研究是 建议。婴儿对自然产生的压力源的情绪反应 (接种)和不太令人厌恶的实验室程序(挫折任务) 而婴儿试图减少或控制他/她的反应性将是 观察到的。母亲对婴儿痛苦/沮丧的反应将 也要在这些程序期间以及早期(两次)期间进行评估 周)喂养互动，并在6个月和12个月大时自由玩耍。至 在较长一段时间内评估早期的气质风格，母亲们会 在两周和两个月内写一篇为期5天的哭泣日记。生理学 反应性和调节的相关性将在 实验室程序。最后，在24个月大时，受试者将 参与几项合规任务，父母双方都将完成 关于他们孩子行为的问卷调查。

High reactivity, uncooperativeness, and lack of impulse control are characteristics of behavior problems in early childhood. The inability to control or regulate emotions, particularly negatiVe emotions, may be an important antecedent of these disorders. The goal of the present study is to identify these antecedents in a normal population by examining the development of emotion regulation during the first two years of life. Since the ability to modulate emotional arousal is likely the product of both the infant and the infant's social context, this study will also examine the physiological and social correlates of emotion regulation. Specifically, a longitudinal study of infants and their mothers is proposed. Infant emotional reactivity to a naturally occurring stressor (inoculation) and less aversive laboratory procedures (frustration tasks) and the infant's attempts to reduce or control his/her reactivity will be observed. Maternal responses to her infant's distress/frustration will also be assessed during these procedures, as well as during an early (two weeks) feeding interaction and a free play at 6 and 12 months of age. To assess early temperamental style over an extended period, mothers will keep a 5-day cry diary at two weeks and two months. Physiological correlates of reactivity and regulation will be obtained during all laboratory procedures. Finally, at 24 months of age subjects will participate in several compliance tasks and both parents will complete a questionnaire about their child's behavior.