Young Children's Behavioral Inhibition Mediates the Association between Maternal Negative Affectivity and Internalizing Problems: Observations, Parent-Report, and Moderation of Associations by Age

Autor/inn/en	Fang, Haolei; Gagne, Jeffrey Robert
Titel	Young Children's Behavioral Inhibition Mediates the Association between Maternal Negative Affectivity and Internalizing Problems: Observations, Parent-Report, and Moderation of Associations by Age
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 42 (2018) 2, S.284-293 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025417690261
Schlagwörter	Parent Attitudes; Inhibition; Child Behavior; Mothers; Affective Behavior; Negative Attitudes; Predictor Variables; Behavior Problems; Young Children; Siblings; Correlation; Observation; Age Differences; Mixed Methods Research; Hypothesis Testing; Depression (Psychology); Measures (Individuals); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Likert Scales; Anxiety; Check Lists; Questionnaires; Regression (Statistics); Statistical Analysis; Texas; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; State Trait Anxiety Inventory; Child Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elternverhalten; Hemmung; Mother; Mutter; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Negative Fixierung; Prädiktor; Frühe Kindheit; Sibling; Geschwister; Korrelation; Beobachtung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Messdaten; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Likert-Skala; Angst; Checkliste; Fragebogen; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Employing a multi-method approach, we investigated observed and parent-rated child behavioral inhibition (BI) and maternal reports of their own negative affectivity (NA) as predictors of young children's internalizing problems. Participants were 201 children who were siblings between 2.5 and 5.5 years of age (mean = 3.86, standard deviation = 1.04) and their mothers. Due to the nested research design, multilevel model-fitting analyses were used to examine associations between predictors and internalizing problems, and to test a mediational process between maternal NA and internalizing problems. High levels of both observed and parent-rated child BI and greater maternal NA significantly predicted internalizing problems. Child age also moderated the association between parent-rated child BI and internalizing problems, with the association stronger for younger and mean age children, but not for older children. Additionally, parent-rated child BI was found to mediate the association between maternal NA and internalizing problems, and the mediational effect was stronger for younger children. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01