Autonomic Functioning Moderates the Relations Between Contextual Factors and Externalizing Behaviors Among Inner-City Children
Autonomic Functioning Moderates the Relations Between Contextual Factors and Externalizing Behaviors Among Inner-City Children
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DOI：
10.1037/a0015555
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发表时间：
2009-08-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Breiner, Tyler
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作者：
Bubier, Jennifer L.;Drabick, Deborah A. G.;Breiner, Tyler
尽管先前的研究已经确定了与外化行为相关的各种儿童特异性和情境风险因素，但在外化行为的前瞻性预测中，缺乏研究儿童X情境相互作用的文献。为了解决这一差距，我们研究了自主功能作为背景因素（即邻里凝聚力和严厉的父母行为）与外化行为之间关系的调节因素。参与者为少数民族，市中心一至四年级儿童样本（N = 57, 50%为男性）及其主要照顾者，他们参加两次评估的时间间隔约为1年。结果表明，基线交感功能调节了(a)邻里凝聚力与外化行为和(b)父母严厉行为与外化行为之间的关系。对这些相互作用的事后探索显示，较高水平的邻里凝聚力可以预测(a)基线交感功能增强的儿童有较高水平的外化行为，(b)基线交感功能减弱的儿童有较低水平的外化行为。此外，在基线交感功能较高的儿童中，较高水平的严厉父母行为预示着较高水平的外化行为。
Although previous research has identified various child-specific and contextual risk factors associated with externalizing behaviors, there is a dearth of literature examining child X context interactions in the prospective prediction of extemalizing behaviors. To address this gap, we examined autonomic functioning as a moderator of the relation between contextual factors (i.e., neighborhood cohesion and harsh parental behaviors) and externalizing behaviors. Participants were an ethnic minority, inner-city sample of first through fourth grade children (N = 57, 50% male) and their primary caregivers who participated in two assessments approximately 1 year apart. Results indicated that baseline sympathetic functioning moderated the relation between (a) neighborhood cohesion and externalizing behaviors and (b) harsh parental behaviors and externalizing behaviors. Post-hoc probing of these interactions revealed that higher levels of neighborhood cohesion prospectively predicted (a) higher levels of externalizing behaviors among children with heightened baseline sympathetic functioning, and (b) lower levels of externalizing behaviors among children with attenuated baseline sympathetic functioning. In addition, among children with heightened baseline sympathetic functioning, higher levels of harsh parental behaviors prospectively predicted higher levels of externalizing behaviors.