Interactions between familial risk profiles and preschoolers' emotionality in predicting executive function

We identified familial risk profiles and examined interactions between these profiles and child emotionality in predicting child executive function (EF). Among 126 mother-child dyads (child mean age = 3.23 years), four profiles were found based on maternal education, family income-to-needs ratio, an...

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Published in:Journal of applied developmental psychology 2019-07, Vol.63, p.76-86
Main Authors: Ku, Seulki, Feng, Xin, Hooper, Emma G., Wu, Qiong, Gerhardt, Micah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Attention
Attention flexibility
Developmental psychology
Emotionality
Executive function
Familial factors
Familial risk profiles
Flexibility
Health risk assessment
Inhibitory control
Maternal depression
Mental depression
Mental health
Parental stress
Parents & parenting
Preschool children
Response inhibition
Socioeconomic status
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Summary:We identified familial risk profiles and examined interactions between these profiles and child emotionality in predicting child executive function (EF). Among 126 mother-child dyads (child mean age = 3.23 years), four profiles were found based on maternal education, family income-to-needs ratio, and maternal depressive symptoms, anxiety, and parenting stress: Higher SES-Lower Mental Health Risk, Lower SES-Lower Mental Health Risk, Lower SES-Average Mental Health Risk, and Lower SES-Higher Mental Health Risk profiles. We found that high child positive emotionality at age 3 predicted high inhibitory control and low attention flexibility a year later exclusively in the Lower SES-Higher Mental Health Risk profile. Overall, children in the Higher SES-Lower Mental Health Risk profile showed better inhibitory control and attention flexibility than those in the Lower SES-Higher Mental Health Risk. This study extends our understanding of how different constellations of familial risks interact with child emotionality to contribute to child EF development. •Examined child executive function in relation to familial risks and emotionality•Found four profiles using family SES and maternal mental health indicators•Positive emotionality predicted inhibitory control in the high-risk profile.•Low positive emotionality predicted attention flexibility in the high-risk profile.
ISSN:0193-3973
1873-7900
DOI:10.1016/j.appdev.2019.06.001