EEG frontal alpha asymmetry mediates the association between maternal and child internalizing symptoms in childhood / Dashiell SACKS in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 66-8 (August 2025)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 66-8 (August 2025) . - p.1129-1140 Titre : EEG frontal alpha asymmetry mediates the association between maternal and child internalizing symptoms in childhood Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Dashiell SACKS, Auteur ; Yiyi WANG, Auteur ; Asja ABRON, Auteur ; Kaitlin M. MULLIGAN, Auteur ; Caroline M. KELSEY, Auteur ; Wanze XIE, Auteur ; Charles A. NELSON, Auteur ; Michelle BOSQUET ENLOW, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1129-1140 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Maternal depression  maternal anxiety  frontal alpha asymmetry  internalizing symptoms  EEG Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background Anxiety and depression are highly prevalent in youth and can cause significant distress and functional impairment. The presence of maternal anxiety and depression are well-established risk factors for child internalizing psychopathology, yet the responsible mechanisms linking the two remain unclear. Methods We examined the potential mediating and moderating roles of EEG frontal alpha asymmetry (FAA) in the intergenerational transmission of internalizing symptoms in a longitudinal sample of N 323 mother?child dyads. Self-report maternal internalizing symptoms were evaluated at child age 3 years and 5 years, child EEG at 5 years, and parent-report child internalizing symptoms at age 7 years. Mediation was evaluated via bootstrapped (N 5,000) confidence intervals. Results We found significant associations among maternal internalizing (anxiety, depressive) symptoms when their children were ages 3 and 5 years, child FAA at age 5 years, and child internalizing symptoms at age 7 years. There was a significant mediation effect, whereby greater maternal anxiety and depressive symptoms at age 3 years were significantly associated with FAA (greater relative right cortical activation) in children at age 5 years, which, in turn, was significantly associated with greater child internalizing symptoms at age 7 years (ps < .001). There was no moderating effect of FAA on the association between maternal internalizing symptoms at age 5 years and child internalizing symptoms at age 7 years. Conclusions Greater right frontal asymmetry may be a neurophysiological mechanism that mediates the intergenerational transmission of internalizing symptoms. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14129 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=565 [article] EEG frontal alpha asymmetry mediates the association between maternal and child internalizing symptoms in childhood [texte imprimé] / Dashiell SACKS, Auteur ; Yiyi WANG, Auteur ; Asja ABRON, Auteur ; Kaitlin M. MULLIGAN, Auteur ; Caroline M. KELSEY, Auteur ; Wanze XIE, Auteur ; Charles A. NELSON, Auteur ; Michelle BOSQUET ENLOW, Auteur . - p.1129-1140. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 66-8 (August 2025) . - p.1129-1140 Mots-clés : Maternal depression  maternal anxiety  frontal alpha asymmetry  internalizing symptoms  EEG Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background Anxiety and depression are highly prevalent in youth and can cause significant distress and functional impairment. The presence of maternal anxiety and depression are well-established risk factors for child internalizing psychopathology, yet the responsible mechanisms linking the two remain unclear. Methods We examined the potential mediating and moderating roles of EEG frontal alpha asymmetry (FAA) in the intergenerational transmission of internalizing symptoms in a longitudinal sample of N 323 mother?child dyads. Self-report maternal internalizing symptoms were evaluated at child age 3 years and 5 years, child EEG at 5 years, and parent-report child internalizing symptoms at age 7 years. Mediation was evaluated via bootstrapped (N 5,000) confidence intervals. Results We found significant associations among maternal internalizing (anxiety, depressive) symptoms when their children were ages 3 and 5 years, child FAA at age 5 years, and child internalizing symptoms at age 7 years. There was a significant mediation effect, whereby greater maternal anxiety and depressive symptoms at age 3 years were significantly associated with FAA (greater relative right cortical activation) in children at age 5 years, which, in turn, was significantly associated with greater child internalizing symptoms at age 7 years (ps < .001). There was no moderating effect of FAA on the association between maternal internalizing symptoms at age 5 years and child internalizing symptoms at age 7 years. Conclusions Greater right frontal asymmetry may be a neurophysiological mechanism that mediates the intergenerational transmission of internalizing symptoms. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14129 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=565

The role of child behavioral inhibition in the intergenerational transmission of anxiety in early childhood / Michelle BOSQUET ENLOW in Development and Psychopathology, 38-4 (October 2026)  

Public ISBD [article]  inDevelopment and Psychopathology > 38-4 (October 2026) . - p.1841-1853 Titre : The role of child behavioral inhibition in the intergenerational transmission of anxiety in early childhood Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Michelle BOSQUET ENLOW, Auteur ; Asja ABRON, Auteur ; Dashiell SACKS, Auteur ; Caroline M. KESLEY, Auteur ; Charles A. NELSON, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1841-1853 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : anxiety  behavioral inhibition  early childhood  intergenerational  temperament Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Although the intergenerational transmission of anxiety is well documented, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. In a community sample of mother–child dyads (N = 541; 54% male, 72% non-Hispanic White), we examined whether child behavioral inhibition (BI), a temperament characteristic that increases anxiety risk, mediated and/or moderated associations between maternal and child symptoms in early childhood. Greater maternal symptoms in infancy and at 3 years were associated with greater child symptoms at 3 years and 5 years (rs = .15–.23, ps < .01), but not with child BI at 3 years (rs = .00–.01, ps > .92). Thus, evidence for mediation was not observed. Moderation analyses revealed an interactive effect at 3 years (β = −0.13, p = .009): Among children with high BI, child symptoms were elevated regardless of maternal symptoms. Among children with moderate to low BI, greater maternal symptoms were associated with greater child symptoms. A similar pattern was observed at 5 years (β = −0.10, p = .113). Such associations were not observed when testing maternal depressive symptoms as predictor or child externalizing symptoms as outcome, supporting specificity for BI in intergenerational anxiety processes. Sex-specific effects in relation to BI were not observed. These findings contribute to our understanding of the role of child BI in the intergenerational transmission of anxiety in early childhood. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579426101643 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=594 [article] The role of child behavioral inhibition in the intergenerational transmission of anxiety in early childhood [texte imprimé] / Michelle BOSQUET ENLOW, Auteur ; Asja ABRON, Auteur ; Dashiell SACKS, Auteur ; Caroline M. KESLEY, Auteur ; Charles A. NELSON, Auteur . - p.1841-1853. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Development and Psychopathology > 38-4 (October 2026) . - p.1841-1853 Mots-clés : anxiety  behavioral inhibition  early childhood  intergenerational  temperament Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Although the intergenerational transmission of anxiety is well documented, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. In a community sample of mother–child dyads (N = 541; 54% male, 72% non-Hispanic White), we examined whether child behavioral inhibition (BI), a temperament characteristic that increases anxiety risk, mediated and/or moderated associations between maternal and child symptoms in early childhood. Greater maternal symptoms in infancy and at 3 years were associated with greater child symptoms at 3 years and 5 years (rs = .15–.23, ps < .01), but not with child BI at 3 years (rs = .00–.01, ps > .92). Thus, evidence for mediation was not observed. Moderation analyses revealed an interactive effect at 3 years (β = −0.13, p = .009): Among children with high BI, child symptoms were elevated regardless of maternal symptoms. Among children with moderate to low BI, greater maternal symptoms were associated with greater child symptoms. A similar pattern was observed at 5 years (β = −0.10, p = .113). Such associations were not observed when testing maternal depressive symptoms as predictor or child externalizing symptoms as outcome, supporting specificity for BI in intergenerational anxiety processes. Sex-specific effects in relation to BI were not observed. These findings contribute to our understanding of the role of child BI in the intergenerational transmission of anxiety in early childhood. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579426101643 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=594

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