Dale Lourdes P, O'Hara Emily A, Schein Rachel, Inserra Lorinn, Keen Julie, Flores Marci, Porges Stephen W
University of Hartford.
University of Illinois at Chicago.
Infant Ment Health J. 2011 Jul;32(4):473-486. doi: 10.1002/imhj.20306. Epub 2011 Jun 20.
This study investigated whether measures of infant temperament, regulatory disorders, and physiological reactivity and concurrent measures of family environment were predictors of child behavior problems at 54 months of age. The sample consisted of 23 children-mother dyads. The sample recruitment strategy emphasized testing both typical and fussy/difficult infants at 9 months of age. Children were categorized into low and high behavioral problem groups at 54 months of age. The children in the high behavioral problem group were more likely at 9 months to have been temperamentally difficult, to have been classified as regulatory disordered, and to have displayed respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) regulation difficulties. These children also were more likely to come from families described as less cohesive and providing less focus on active/recreational activities when the children were 54 months old. A logistic regression analysis, including only the 9-month infant measures (i.e., difficultness, regulatory disorders classification, and RSA regulation), resulted in a significant model with 100.0% accurate classification into high or low behavioral problem groups. Data suggest that infant measures of behavioral and physiological state regulation may be early indicators of child behavior problems, especially internalizing problems.
本研究调查了婴儿气质、调节障碍、生理反应性的测量指标以及家庭环境的同期测量指标是否为54个月大儿童行为问题的预测因素。样本包括23对儿童-母亲二元组。样本招募策略强调对9个月大的典型婴儿和爱哭闹/难带的婴儿都进行测试。儿童在54个月大时被分为行为问题低分组和高分组。行为问题高分组的儿童在9个月大时更有可能气质难养、被归类为调节障碍以及表现出呼吸性窦性心律不齐（RSA）调节困难。这些儿童在54个月大时也更有可能来自凝聚力较低、对积极/娱乐活动关注较少的家庭。一项逻辑回归分析，仅纳入9个月大婴儿的测量指标（即难养程度、调节障碍分类和RSA调节），得到了一个显著模型，对行为问题高分组或低分组的分类准确率为100.0%。数据表明，婴儿行为和生理状态调节的测量指标可能是儿童行为问题尤其是内化问题的早期指标。
