The relations of regulation and emotionality to problem behavior in elementary school children

Author(s): Fabes, R. A., Guthrie, I. K., Murphy, B. C., Maszk, P., Holmgren, R., Suh, K.

Journal/Book: Dev Psychopathol. 1996; 8: 40 West 20TH Street, New York, NY 10011-4211. Cambridge Univ Press. 141-162.

Abstract: The relations of regulation and emotionality to elementary school children's problem behavior was examined. Parents and teachers reported on children's problem behavior. One parent and teachers rated children on various measures of regulation (including resiliency) and emotionality; children's baseline heart rate and facial reactivity were assessed; and physiological and facial distress and gaze aversion while viewing a distress film sequence were measured. In general, low regulation, negative emotionality, and general and positive emotional intensity predicted problem behaviors. Teachers' reports of negative emotionality and regulation interacted in their relation to problem behaviors, with regulation apparently buffering the effects of moderate and high negative emotionality. Baseline heart rate and facial distress were related to low levels of problem behavior, and gaze aversion during the distress film segment was associated with low levels of problem behavior.

Note: Article N Eisenberg, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA

Keyword(s): DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; CONDUCT DISORDER; TEMPERAMENT; ATTENTION; STRESS; ADOLESCENTS; DEPRESSION; MODERATOR; AROUSAL

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