Anzman-Frasca Stephanie, Francis Lori A, Birch Leann L
Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University.
Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University.
Transl Issues Psychol Sci. 2015 Sep;1(3):203-216. doi: 10.1037/tps0000028. Epub 2014 Sep 1.
Early self-regulation abilities have been highlighted as a robust predictor of adaptive development, but the extant literature has typically focused on outcomes in different developmental domains separately. The aim of the current study was to expand upon this research by testing pathways from girls' inhibitory control at age 7, an aspect of self-regulation, to their psychosocial, cognitive, and weight outcomes from ages 9 to 15 (n=192). Results supported the hypothesis that greater inhibitory control is independently associated with better subsequent psychosocial, cognitive, and weight outcomes. These findings, combined with evidence that self-regulatory capacities are modifiable in early childhood, offer opportunities for interdisciplinary preventive interventions aiming to promote child health and well-being across domains and over time.
早期的自我调节能力已被视为适应性发展的有力预测指标，但现有文献通常分别关注不同发展领域的结果。本研究的目的是通过测试从7岁女孩的抑制控制（自我调节的一个方面）到她们9至15岁时的心理社会、认知和体重结果的路径来拓展这一研究（n = 192）。结果支持了这样的假设，即更强的抑制控制与更好的后续心理社会、认知和体重结果独立相关。这些发现，再加上有证据表明自我调节能力在幼儿期是可改变的，为旨在促进儿童跨领域和长期的健康与幸福的跨学科预防性干预提供了机会。
