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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 7/2018

29-11-2017

Callous-Unemotional Traits and Autonomic Functioning in Toddlerhood Interact to Predict Externalizing Behaviors in Preschool

Auteurs: Nicholas J. Wagner, Paul D. Hastings, Kenneth H. Rubin

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Uitgave 7/2018

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Abstract

Callous-unemotional (CU) traits are one meaningful risk factor which helps to explain heterogeneity in the emergence of externalizing behavior problems. While the extant literature demonstrates links between early CU traits and later externalizing problems, there is a dearth of research examining for whom early CU traits confer risk. Data from a longitudinal study (n = 108) were used to examine the extent to which parasympathetic functioning moderated links between CU traits in toddlerhood (m age  = 24.99 months) and externalizing behavior problems at preschool-age (m age  = 51 months). Neither CU traits nor parasympathetic functioning at age 2 directly predicted later externalizing behaviors. However, results show that high levels of CU traits predict elevated externalizing behavior problems, but only for toddlers exhibiting either high baseline respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) or little to no RSA suppression in response to a fear stimulus.
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Results excluding covariates were largely unchanged from those reported in the manuscript, with CU x RSA and CU x RSA suppression significantly predicting externalizing, β = 0.26, p < 0.05 and β = −0.28, p < 0.05, respectively, compared to β = 0.29, p < 0.05 and β = −0.24, p < 0.05, respectively.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Callous-Unemotional Traits and Autonomic Functioning in Toddlerhood Interact to Predict Externalizing Behaviors in Preschool
Auteurs
Nicholas J. Wagner
Paul D. Hastings
Kenneth H. Rubin
Publicatiedatum
29-11-2017
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology / Uitgave 7/2018
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-017-0374-6

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