Parenting quality, DRD4, and the prediction of externalizing and internalizing behaviors in early childhood

2007 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 619-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Propper ◽  
M. Willoughby ◽  
C.T. Halpern ◽  
M.A. Carbone ◽  
M. Cox
PEDIATRICS ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (1) ◽  
pp. e20151922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maya K. Nanda ◽  
Grace K. LeMasters ◽  
Linda Levin ◽  
Marc E. Rothenberg ◽  
Amal H. Assa'ad ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marnie F. Hazlehurst ◽  
Anjum Hajat ◽  
Pooja S. Tandon ◽  
Adam A. Szpiro ◽  
Joel D. Kaufman ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 1039-1046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brad E. Sheese ◽  
Pascale M. Voelker ◽  
Mary K. Rothbart ◽  
Michael I. Posner

AbstractWe examined the influence of a common allelic variation in the dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene and caregiver quality on temperament in early childhood. Children 18–21 months of age were genotyped for the DRD4 48 base pair tandem repeat polymorphism, which has been implicated in the development of attention, sensation seeking, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The children also interacted with their caregiver for 10 min in a laboratory setting, and these videotaped interactions were coded for parenting quality using an observational rating procedure. The presence of the DRD4 7-repeat allele was associated with differences in the influence of parenting on a measure of temperamental sensation seeking constructed from caregiver reports on children's activity level, impulsivity, and high-intensity pleasure. Children with the 7-repeat allele were influenced by parenting quality, with lower quality parenting associated with higher levels of sensation seeking; children without the 7-repeat allele were uninfluenced by parenting quality. Differences between alleles were not related to the child's self-regulation as assessed by the effortful control measure. Previous studies have indicated that the 7-repeat allele is under positive selective pressure, and our results are consistent with the hypothesis that the DRD4 7-repeat allele increased children's sensitivity to environmental factors such as parenting. This study shows that genes influence the relation between parenting and temperament in ways that are important to normal development and psychopathology.


2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 539-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuppett M. Yates ◽  
Jelena Obradović ◽  
Byron Egeland

AbstractThis investigation examined transactional relations across contextual strain, parenting quality, and child adjustment in 209 mothers and children at 24, 42, and 72 months of age. Independent ratings of mothers' stressful life events, social support, and relationship quality provided an objective measure of maternal contextual strain. Observers evaluated parenting quality during parent–child interactions at each time point. Child regulatory functioning during laboratory tasks at 24 and 42 months was evaluated by independent observers based on both behavioral (e.g., noncompliance, distractibility) and emotional (e.g., frustration, anger) indices. At 72 months, teachers reported on children's externalizing behaviors, and children completed objective measures of academic achievement. Nested path analyses were used to evaluate increasingly complex models of influence, including transactional relations between child and parent, effects from contextual strain to parenting and child adaptation, and reciprocal effects from child and parent behavior to contextual strain. Over and above stability within each domain and cross-sectional cross-domain covariation, significant paths emerged from maternal contextual strain to subsequent child adjustment. Bidirectional relations between parenting and child adjustment were especially prominent among boys. These findings counter unidirectional models of parent-mediated contextual effects by highlighting the direct influences of contextual strain and parent–child transactions on early childhood behavioral and academic adjustment, respectively.


2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (11) ◽  
pp. 2389-2402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Lionetti ◽  
Elaine N. Aron ◽  
Arthur Aron ◽  
Daniel N. Klein ◽  
Michael Pluess

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 100826
Author(s):  
Saara Nolvi ◽  
Jerod M. Rasmussen ◽  
Alice M. Graham ◽  
John H. Gilmore ◽  
Martin Styner ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 396-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather A. Knauer ◽  
Emily J. Ozer ◽  
William H. Dow ◽  
Lia C.H. Fernald

Author(s):  
Julia Reuben ◽  
Daniel S. Shaw

One of the driving theories of the development of child antisocial behavior is Patterson’s model of parent-child coercion. Although Patterson hypothesized that coercive processes are established beginning in early childhood, few studies have sought to understand its developmental precursors in early childhood. Even fewer studies have attempted to examine factors that might compromise parenting quality and lead to coercive parent-child interactions during early childhood. One factor repeatedly shown to compromise parenting quality is parental depression. As such, this chapter focuses on how depression among mothers and alternative caregivers, including fathers, is associated with the early onset of coercive family dynamics. The results of the current study have implications for understanding the genesis of coercive processes and for the design of early prevention programs, affirming the importance of including maternal depression in our prevention models.


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