TY - JOUR
T1 - Parent-child relationship, temperament, and physiological reactions to fear-inducing film clips
T2 - Further evidence for differential susceptibility
AU - Gilissen, Renske
AU - Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.
AU - van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.
AU - van der Veer, René
PY - 2008/3/1
Y1 - 2008/3/1
N2 - Recent studies have supported the intriguing hypothesis that highly reactive infants are most susceptible to the effect of parenting. This study replicates and extends an earlier study on 4-year-olds concerning higher susceptibility of more fearful children to the quality of their relationships with their mothers, as shown by their physiological reactions to fear-inducing film clips. Two groups of children (4- and 7-year-olds) were shown the same fear-inducing and neutral film clips. During the film clips, their skin conductance and heart rate variability were measured. Both 4- and 7-year-olds responded to the fear-inducing film clips with increases in skin conductance and decreases in heart rate variability. A secure relationship affected the reactivity to fearful stimuli in temperamentally more fearful children but not in less fearful children irrespective of children's ages. Our findings add to the growing literature showing that children high in negative emotion are more susceptible to positive as well as negative rearing influences for better and for worse.
AB - Recent studies have supported the intriguing hypothesis that highly reactive infants are most susceptible to the effect of parenting. This study replicates and extends an earlier study on 4-year-olds concerning higher susceptibility of more fearful children to the quality of their relationships with their mothers, as shown by their physiological reactions to fear-inducing film clips. Two groups of children (4- and 7-year-olds) were shown the same fear-inducing and neutral film clips. During the film clips, their skin conductance and heart rate variability were measured. Both 4- and 7-year-olds responded to the fear-inducing film clips with increases in skin conductance and decreases in heart rate variability. A secure relationship affected the reactivity to fearful stimuli in temperamentally more fearful children but not in less fearful children irrespective of children's ages. Our findings add to the growing literature showing that children high in negative emotion are more susceptible to positive as well as negative rearing influences for better and for worse.
KW - Children
KW - Differential susceptibility
KW - Fear
KW - Parent-child relationship
KW - Physiological reactivity
KW - Temperament
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jecp.2007.06.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jecp.2007.06.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 17681350
AN - SCOPUS:39049103941
VL - 99
SP - 182
EP - 195
JO - Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
JF - Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
SN - 0022-0965
IS - 3
ER -