| Literature DB >> 27979628 |
Anne C Fletcher1, Cheryl Buehler2, Christy M Buchanan3, Bridget B Weymouth2.
Abstract
Grounded in a dual-risk, biosocial perspective of developmental psychopathology, this study examined the role of higher vagal suppression in providing young adolescents protection from four parenting stressors. It was expected that lower vagal suppression would increase youth vulnerability to the deleterious effects of these parenting stressors. Depressive symptoms were examined as a central marker of socioemotional difficulties during early adolescence. The four parenting stressors examined were interparental hostility, maternal use of harsh discipline, maternal inconsistent discipline, and maternal psychological control. Participants were 68 young adolescents (Grade 6) and their mothers. Greater vagal suppression provided protection (i.e., lower depressive symptoms) from interparental hostility, harsh discipline, and maternal psychological control for boys but not for girls.Entities:
Keywords: Adolescents; Depression; Gender; Parenting; Vagal suppression; Vagal withdrawal
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Year: 2016 PMID： 27979628 PMCID： PMC5328282 DOI： 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.11.036
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Physiol Behav ISSN： 0031-9384