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Beyond form: The value of systems conceptualizations of function in increasing precision and novelty in the study of developmental psychopathology / Patrick T. DAVIES ; Melissa L. STURGE-APPLE in Development and Psychopathology, 36-5 (December 2024)
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Titre : Beyond form: The value of systems conceptualizations of function in increasing precision and novelty in the study of developmental psychopathology : Development and Psychopathology Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Patrick T. DAVIES, Auteur ; Melissa L. STURGE-APPLE, Auteur Année de publication : 2024 Article en page(s) : p.2136-2148 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Child coping strategies behavioral systems developmental psychopathology evolutionary-developmental theory social relationship qualities Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Developmental psychopathology has successfully advanced an understanding of risk and protective factors in multivariate models. However, many areas have relied on top-down approaches that define psychological constructs based largely or solely on their physical form. In this paper, we first describe how top-down approaches have significantly hindered progress by generating generic risk and protective models that yield little more than the conclusion that axiomatically positive and negative factors respectively beget an interchangeable array of positive and negative child sequelae. To advance precision and novelty as central priorities, we describe behavioral systems frameworks rooted in evolutionary theory that infuse both form (i.e., what it looks like) and function (what it is designed to do) into psychological constructs. We further address how this paradigm has generated new growing points for developmental models of interparental relationships and parenting. In the final section, we provide recommendations for expanding this approach to other areas of developmental psychopathology. Throughout the paper, we document how the focus on functional patterns of behavior in well-defined developmental contexts advance precision and novelty in understanding children?s response processes to threats, opportunities, and challenges in associations between their developmental histories and their psychological sequelae. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579424000221 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=545
in Development and Psychopathology > 36-5 (December 2024) . - p.2136-2148[article] Beyond form: The value of systems conceptualizations of function in increasing precision and novelty in the study of developmental psychopathology : Development and Psychopathology [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Patrick T. DAVIES, Auteur ; Melissa L. STURGE-APPLE, Auteur . - 2024 . - p.2136-2148.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Development and Psychopathology > 36-5 (December 2024) . - p.2136-2148
Mots-clés : Child coping strategies behavioral systems developmental psychopathology evolutionary-developmental theory social relationship qualities Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Developmental psychopathology has successfully advanced an understanding of risk and protective factors in multivariate models. However, many areas have relied on top-down approaches that define psychological constructs based largely or solely on their physical form. In this paper, we first describe how top-down approaches have significantly hindered progress by generating generic risk and protective models that yield little more than the conclusion that axiomatically positive and negative factors respectively beget an interchangeable array of positive and negative child sequelae. To advance precision and novelty as central priorities, we describe behavioral systems frameworks rooted in evolutionary theory that infuse both form (i.e., what it looks like) and function (what it is designed to do) into psychological constructs. We further address how this paradigm has generated new growing points for developmental models of interparental relationships and parenting. In the final section, we provide recommendations for expanding this approach to other areas of developmental psychopathology. Throughout the paper, we document how the focus on functional patterns of behavior in well-defined developmental contexts advance precision and novelty in understanding children?s response processes to threats, opportunities, and challenges in associations between their developmental histories and their psychological sequelae. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579424000221 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=545 Breaking cycles of risk: The mitigating role of maternal working memory in associations among socioeconomic status, early caregiving, and children's working memory / Jennifer H. SUOR in Development and Psychopathology, 29-4 (October 2017)
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Titre : Breaking cycles of risk: The mitigating role of maternal working memory in associations among socioeconomic status, early caregiving, and children's working memory Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Jennifer H. SUOR, Auteur ; Melissa L. STURGE-APPLE, Auteur ; Michael A. SKIBO, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1133-1147 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Abstract Previous research has documented socioeconomic-related disparities in children's working memory; however, the putative proximal caregiving mechanisms that underlie these effects are less known. The present study sought to examine whether the effects of early family socioeconomic status on children's working memory were mediated through experiences of caregiving, specifically maternal harsh discipline and responsiveness. Utilizing a psychobiological framework of parenting, the present study also tested whether maternal working memory moderated the initial paths between the family socioeconomic context and maternal harsh discipline and responsiveness in the mediation model. The sample included 185 socioeconomically diverse mother–child dyads assessed when children were 3.5 and 5 years old. Results demonstrated that maternal harsh discipline was a unique mediator of the relation between early experiences of family socioeconomic adversity and lower working memory outcomes in children. Individual differences in maternal working memory emerged as a potent individual difference factor that specifically moderated the mediating influence of harsh discipline within low socioeconomic contexts. The findings have implications for early risk processes underlying deficits in child working memory outcomes and potential targets for parent–child interventions. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s095457941600119x Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=312
in Development and Psychopathology > 29-4 (October 2017) . - p.1133-1147[article] Breaking cycles of risk: The mitigating role of maternal working memory in associations among socioeconomic status, early caregiving, and children's working memory [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Jennifer H. SUOR, Auteur ; Melissa L. STURGE-APPLE, Auteur ; Michael A. SKIBO, Auteur . - p.1133-1147.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Development and Psychopathology > 29-4 (October 2017) . - p.1133-1147
Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Abstract Previous research has documented socioeconomic-related disparities in children's working memory; however, the putative proximal caregiving mechanisms that underlie these effects are less known. The present study sought to examine whether the effects of early family socioeconomic status on children's working memory were mediated through experiences of caregiving, specifically maternal harsh discipline and responsiveness. Utilizing a psychobiological framework of parenting, the present study also tested whether maternal working memory moderated the initial paths between the family socioeconomic context and maternal harsh discipline and responsiveness in the mediation model. The sample included 185 socioeconomically diverse mother–child dyads assessed when children were 3.5 and 5 years old. Results demonstrated that maternal harsh discipline was a unique mediator of the relation between early experiences of family socioeconomic adversity and lower working memory outcomes in children. Individual differences in maternal working memory emerged as a potent individual difference factor that specifically moderated the mediating influence of harsh discipline within low socioeconomic contexts. The findings have implications for early risk processes underlying deficits in child working memory outcomes and potential targets for parent–child interventions. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s095457941600119x Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=312 Children's patterns of emotional reactivity to conflict as explanatory mechanisms in links between interpartner aggression and child physiological functioning / Patrick T. DAVIES in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50-11 (November 2009)
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Titre : Children's patterns of emotional reactivity to conflict as explanatory mechanisms in links between interpartner aggression and child physiological functioning Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Patrick T. DAVIES, Auteur ; Dante CICCHETTI, Auteur ; Melissa L. STURGE-APPLE, Auteur ; Liviah G. MANNING, Auteur ; Emily ZALE, Auteur Année de publication : 2009 Article en page(s) : p.1384-1391 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Emotion-regulation family-factors hormones marital-disharmony psychophysiology Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background: This paper examined children's fearful, sad, and angry reactivity to interparental conflict as mediators of associations between their exposure to interparental aggression and physiological functioning.
Methods: Participants included 200 toddlers and their mothers. Assessments of interparental aggression and children's emotional reactivity were derived from maternal surveys and a semi-structured interview. Cortisol levels and cardiac indices of sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) activity were used to assess toddler physiological functioning.
Results: Results indicated that toddler exposure to interparental aggression was associated with greater cortisol levels and PNS activity and diminished SNS activity. Toddler angry emotional reactivity mediated associations between interparental aggression and cortisol and PNS functioning. Fearful emotional reactivity was a mediator of the link between interparental aggression and SNS functioning.
Conclusions: The results are interpreted within conceptualizations of how exposure and reactivity to family risk organize individual differences in physiological functioning.En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02154.x Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=848
in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 50-11 (November 2009) . - p.1384-1391[article] Children's patterns of emotional reactivity to conflict as explanatory mechanisms in links between interpartner aggression and child physiological functioning [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Patrick T. DAVIES, Auteur ; Dante CICCHETTI, Auteur ; Melissa L. STURGE-APPLE, Auteur ; Liviah G. MANNING, Auteur ; Emily ZALE, Auteur . - 2009 . - p.1384-1391.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 50-11 (November 2009) . - p.1384-1391
Mots-clés : Emotion-regulation family-factors hormones marital-disharmony psychophysiology Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background: This paper examined children's fearful, sad, and angry reactivity to interparental conflict as mediators of associations between their exposure to interparental aggression and physiological functioning.
Methods: Participants included 200 toddlers and their mothers. Assessments of interparental aggression and children's emotional reactivity were derived from maternal surveys and a semi-structured interview. Cortisol levels and cardiac indices of sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) activity were used to assess toddler physiological functioning.
Results: Results indicated that toddler exposure to interparental aggression was associated with greater cortisol levels and PNS activity and diminished SNS activity. Toddler angry emotional reactivity mediated associations between interparental aggression and cortisol and PNS functioning. Fearful emotional reactivity was a mediator of the link between interparental aggression and SNS functioning.
Conclusions: The results are interpreted within conceptualizations of how exposure and reactivity to family risk organize individual differences in physiological functioning.En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02154.x Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=848 Contextual risks, child problem-solving profiles, and socioemotional functioning: Testing the specialization hypothesis / Zhi LI in Development and Psychopathology, 35-3 (August 2023)
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Titre : Contextual risks, child problem-solving profiles, and socioemotional functioning: Testing the specialization hypothesis Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Zhi LI, Auteur ; Melissa L. STURGE-APPLE, Auteur ; Patrick T. DAVIES, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1421-1433 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : contextual risks problem-solving socioemotional functioning Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Guided by the evolutionary perspective and specialization hypothesis, this multi-method (behavioral observation, questionnaire) longitudinal study adopted a person-centered approach to explore children?s problem-solving skills within different contexts. Participants were 235 young children (M age = 2.97 years at the first measurement occasion) and their parents assessed in two measurement occasions spaced one year apart. Latent profile analyses revealed four unique problem-solving profiles, capturing variability in children?s performance, and observed engagement in abstract vs. reward-oriented (RO) problem-solving tasks at wave one. The four profiles included: (a) a high-abstract-high-RO, (b) a high-abstract-low-RO, (c) a low-abstract-high-RO, and (d) a low-abstract-low-RO classes. Contextual risks within and outside families during wave one, including greater neighborhood crime, impoverishment, and observed lower maternal sensitivity were linked to the elevated likelihood for children from the two profiles with low-abstract problem-solving, particularly those from the low-abstract-high-RO problem-solving profile. Furthermore, child problem-solving profiles were linked to meaningful differences in their socioemotional functioning one year later. The present finding has important implications in revealing the heterogeneity in child problem-solving within different contexts that responded differently to contextual risks. In addition, this study advanced the understanding of the developmental implications of child problem-solving capacity. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579421001322 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=511
in Development and Psychopathology > 35-3 (August 2023) . - p.1421-1433[article] Contextual risks, child problem-solving profiles, and socioemotional functioning: Testing the specialization hypothesis [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Zhi LI, Auteur ; Melissa L. STURGE-APPLE, Auteur ; Patrick T. DAVIES, Auteur . - p.1421-1433.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Development and Psychopathology > 35-3 (August 2023) . - p.1421-1433
Mots-clés : contextual risks problem-solving socioemotional functioning Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Guided by the evolutionary perspective and specialization hypothesis, this multi-method (behavioral observation, questionnaire) longitudinal study adopted a person-centered approach to explore children?s problem-solving skills within different contexts. Participants were 235 young children (M age = 2.97 years at the first measurement occasion) and their parents assessed in two measurement occasions spaced one year apart. Latent profile analyses revealed four unique problem-solving profiles, capturing variability in children?s performance, and observed engagement in abstract vs. reward-oriented (RO) problem-solving tasks at wave one. The four profiles included: (a) a high-abstract-high-RO, (b) a high-abstract-low-RO, (c) a low-abstract-high-RO, and (d) a low-abstract-low-RO classes. Contextual risks within and outside families during wave one, including greater neighborhood crime, impoverishment, and observed lower maternal sensitivity were linked to the elevated likelihood for children from the two profiles with low-abstract problem-solving, particularly those from the low-abstract-high-RO problem-solving profile. Furthermore, child problem-solving profiles were linked to meaningful differences in their socioemotional functioning one year later. The present finding has important implications in revealing the heterogeneity in child problem-solving within different contexts that responded differently to contextual risks. In addition, this study advanced the understanding of the developmental implications of child problem-solving capacity. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579421001322 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=511 Delineating the developmental sequelae of children's risky involvement in interparental conflict / Morgan J. THOMPSON in Development and Psychopathology, 34-3 (August 2022)
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Titre : Delineating the developmental sequelae of children's risky involvement in interparental conflict Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Morgan J. THOMPSON, Auteur ; Patrick T. DAVIES, Auteur ; Rochelle F. HENTGES, Auteur ; Melissa L. STURGE-APPLE, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.922-935 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : children coping emotional and behavioral reactivity psychological adjustment risky involvement in interparental conflict Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The present study examined the developmental value of parsing different forms of children's risky involvement in interparental conflict as predictors of children's subsequent psychological adjustment. Participants included a diverse sample of 243 preschool children (Mage = 4.6 years) and their mothers across two measurement occasions spaced 2 years apart. Three forms of risky involvement (i.e., cautious, caregiving, and coercive) were identified using maternal narratives describing children's emotional and behavioral reactivity during and immediately following interparental conflict. Utilizing a multimethod, multi-informant design, findings revealed that each form of involvement prospectively predicted unique configurations of children's developmental outcomes. Greater coercive involvement was associated with higher levels of externalizing problems, callous and unemotional traits, and extraversion. Higher levels of caregiving involvement were linked with greater separation anxiety. Finally, cautious involvement predicted more separation anxiety and social withdrawal. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579420001959 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=485
in Development and Psychopathology > 34-3 (August 2022) . - p.922-935[article] Delineating the developmental sequelae of children's risky involvement in interparental conflict [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Morgan J. THOMPSON, Auteur ; Patrick T. DAVIES, Auteur ; Rochelle F. HENTGES, Auteur ; Melissa L. STURGE-APPLE, Auteur . - p.922-935.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Development and Psychopathology > 34-3 (August 2022) . - p.922-935
Mots-clés : children coping emotional and behavioral reactivity psychological adjustment risky involvement in interparental conflict Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The present study examined the developmental value of parsing different forms of children's risky involvement in interparental conflict as predictors of children's subsequent psychological adjustment. Participants included a diverse sample of 243 preschool children (Mage = 4.6 years) and their mothers across two measurement occasions spaced 2 years apart. Three forms of risky involvement (i.e., cautious, caregiving, and coercive) were identified using maternal narratives describing children's emotional and behavioral reactivity during and immediately following interparental conflict. Utilizing a multimethod, multi-informant design, findings revealed that each form of involvement prospectively predicted unique configurations of children's developmental outcomes. Greater coercive involvement was associated with higher levels of externalizing problems, callous and unemotional traits, and extraversion. Higher levels of caregiving involvement were linked with greater separation anxiety. Finally, cautious involvement predicted more separation anxiety and social withdrawal. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579420001959 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=485 Disentangling the relationship between callous-unemotional traits and unsupportive parenting through a developmental lens / Vanessa T. CAO in Development and Psychopathology, 36-3 (August 2024)
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PermalinkDomain specificity of differential susceptibility: Testing an evolutionary theory of temperament in early childhood / Rochelle F. HENTGES in Development and Psychopathology, 35-3 (August 2023)
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PermalinkFamily instability and children's effortful control in the context of poverty: Sometimes a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush / Melissa L. STURGE-APPLE in Development and Psychopathology, 29-3 (August 2017)
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PermalinkFamily instability, parenting, and child externalizing problems: Moderation by maternal sympathetic stress reactivity / Melissa L. STURGE-APPLE ; Patrick T. DAVIES in Development and Psychopathology, 35-4 (October 2023)
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PermalinkIdentifying the temperamental roots of children's patterns of security in the interparental relationship / Patrick T. DAVIES in Development and Psychopathology, 28-2 (May 2016)
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PermalinkInteractions of child maltreatment and serotonin transporter and monoamine oxidase A polymorphisms: Depressive symptomatology among adolescents from low socioeconomic status backgrounds / Dante CICCHETTI in Development and Psychopathology, 19-4 (Fall 2007)
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PermalinkInterparental aggression and children's adrenocortical reactivity: Testing an evolutionary model of allostatic load / Patrick T. DAVIES in Development and Psychopathology, 23-3 (August 2011)
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PermalinkA life history approach to delineating how harsh environments and hawk temperament traits differentially shape children's problem-solving skills / Jennifer H. SUOR in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58-8 (August 2017)
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PermalinkMaternal and paternal unsupportive parenting and children's externalizing symptoms: The mediational role of children's attention biases to negative emotion / Patrick T. DAVIES in Development and Psychopathology, 34-4 (October 2022)
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PermalinkMaternal childhood maltreatment trauma resolution: Development of a novel narrative coding measure and implications for intergenerational parenting processes / Hannah G. SWERBENSKI in Development and Psychopathology, 36-4 (October 2024)
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