EMOTION REGULATION AND EARLY BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS

高反应性，不合作，缺乏冲动控制， 儿童早期行为问题的特点。 无法 控制或调节情绪，特别是消极情绪，可能是一种 这些疾病的重要前因。 本研究的目的是 为了在正常人群中识别这些前因， 在生命的头两年，情绪调节的发展。 因为调节情绪的能力很可能是 婴儿和婴儿的社会背景，这项研究还将 研究情绪调节的生理和社会相关性。 具体来说，一项对婴儿及其母亲的纵向研究是 提出了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） 并且婴儿试图减少或控制他/她的反应性的尝试将被 观察 母亲对婴儿的痛苦/挫折的反应 在这些过程中，以及在早期（两个 周）喂养互动和6个月和12个月大的自由玩耍。 到 评估早期的气质风格在一个较长的时期，母亲将 在两周和两个月的时候写一个5天的哭日记。 生理 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 参加几项合规任务，父母双方将完成一项 关于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.