Parenting stressors and young adolescents' depressive symptoms: Does high vagal suppression offer protection?

PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

卷:170

Article

Fletcher, Anne C.¹  Buehler, Cheryl¹  Buchanan, Christy M.²  Weymouth, Bridget B.¹ 

[1] Univ North Carolina Greensboro, HDFS, 228 Stone Bldg, Greensboro, NC 27412 USA

[2] Wake Forest Univ, Winston Salem, NC 27109 USA

关键词: Adolescents;    Depression;    Vagal suppression;    Vagal withdrawal;    Gender;    Parenting;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.11.036

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Grounded in a dual-risk, biosocial perspective of developmental psychopathology, this study examined the role of higher vagal suppression in providing young adolescents protection from four parenting stressors. It was expected that lower vagal suppression would increase youth vulnerability to the deleterious effects of these parenting stressors. Depressive symptoms were examined as a central marker of socioemotional difficulties during early adolescence. The four parenting stressors examined were interparental hostility, maternal use of harsh discipline, maternal inconsistent discipline, and maternal psychological control. Participants were 68 young adolescents (Grade 6) and their mothers. Greater vagal suppression provided protection (i.e., lower depressive symptoms) from interparental hostility, harsh discipline, and maternal psychological control for boys but not for girls. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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