EMOTION REGULATION AND EARLY BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS

反应性高、不合作、缺乏冲动控制 幼儿期行为问题的特征。 无力 控制或调节情绪，尤其是负面情绪，可能是一种 这些疾病的重要前因。 本研究的目标是 通过检查正常人群中的这些前因 生命头两年情绪调节的发展。 由于调节情绪唤醒的能力可能是以下因素的产物 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性。 具体来说，对婴儿及其母亲的纵向研究是 提议。婴儿对自然发生的压力源的情绪反应 （接种）和较少厌恶的实验室程序（挫折任务） 婴儿试图减少或控制他/她的反应性将 观察到。 母亲对婴儿的痛苦/沮丧的反应 也在这些程序期间以及早期（两个 周）在 6 个月和 12 个月大时进行喂养互动和自由玩耍。 至 长期评估早期的气质风格，母亲会 在两周零两个月时保留 5 天的哭泣日记。 生理学 反应性和调节的相关性将在所有过程中获得 实验室程序。 最后，在 24 个月大时，受试者将 参与多项合规任务，父母双方将完成一项 关于孩子行为的调查问卷。

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.