Allison M Momany1, Beth Troutman2. 1. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa , Iowa City, IA, USA. 2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa , Iowa City, IA, USA.
Abstract
Objective: Determine whether an association exists between neonatal negative emotionality and childhood emotional dysregulation. Background: The Child Behaviour Checklist-Dysregulation Profile (CBCL-DP) has been used as a measure of emotional dysregulation in childhood. Although there is now good evidence that the CBCL-DP predicts later psychopathology, little is known about what factors predict elevations on the CBCL-DP. Methods: 30 mother-child dyads who previously participated in a study of neonatal temperament were recruited to a follow-up study of emotional dysregulation during middle childhood. The Neonatal Behaviour Assessment Scale (NBAS) and the Infant Characteristics Questionnaire (ICQ) were utilised as observer and maternal measures of neonatal negative emotionality, respectively. Maternal post-partum depression was also measured during the neonatal period using the Edinburgh Post-Partum Depression Scale (EPDS). The Child Behaviour Checklist-Dysregulation Profile (CBCL-DP) was used as a measure of childhood emotional dysregulation. Results: The ICQ fussy-difficult scale was significantly correlated with the CBCL-DP score (r = .46, p = .010), and this correlation remained significant after controlling for maternal EPDS score (CBCL-DP r = .51, p = .01). The NBAS irritability score was not associated with the CBCL-DP score. Conclusions: This association provides preliminary results that neonates rated as having high negative emotionality may indeed experience chronic difficulties with emotional dysregulation.
Objective: Determine whether an association exists between neonatal negative emotionality and childhood emotional dysregulation. Background: The Child Behaviour Checklist-Dysregulation Profile (CBCL-DP) has been used as a measure of emotional dysregulation in childhood. Although there is now good evidence that the CBCL-DP predicts later psychopathology, little is known about what factors predict elevations on the CBCL-DP. Methods: 30 mother-child dyads who previously participated in a study of neonatal temperament were recruited to a follow-up study of emotional dysregulation during middle childhood. The Neonatal Behaviour Assessment Scale (NBAS) and the Infant Characteristics Questionnaire (ICQ) were utilised as observer and maternal measures of neonatal negative emotionality, respectively. Maternal post-partum depression was also measured during the neonatal period using the Edinburgh Post-Partum Depression Scale (EPDS). The Child Behaviour Checklist-Dysregulation Profile (CBCL-DP) was used as a measure of childhood emotional dysregulation. Results: The ICQ fussy-difficult scale was significantly correlated with the CBCL-DP score (r = .46, p = .010), and this correlation remained significant after controlling for maternal EPDS score (CBCL-DP r = .51, p = .01). The NBAS irritability score was not associated with the CBCL-DP score. Conclusions: This association provides preliminary results that neonates rated as having high negative emotionality may indeed experience chronic difficulties with emotional dysregulation.
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