McQuade Julia D, Breaux Rosanna P
Department of Psychology, Amherst College, Campus Box 2236, Amherst, MA 01002, United States.
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Tobin Hall, 135 Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01002, United States.
Biol Psychol. 2017 Dec;130:67-76. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.10.007. Epub 2017 Oct 28.
This study examined whether measures of children's autonomic nervous system (ANS) reactivity to social stress moderated the effect of parent emotion socialization on children's social and emotional adjustment. Sixty-one children (9-13 years) completed a peer rejection task while their respiratory sinus arrhythmia reactivity (RSA-R) and skin conductance level reactivity (SCL-R) were assessed. Parents' report of supportive and non-supportive reactions to their child's negative emotions served as measures of emotion socialization. Measures of children's social and emotional adjustment included: teacher-rated peer rejection, aggression, and prosocial behavior and parent-rated aggressive/dysregulated behavior and emotion regulation skills. Measures of children's ANS reactivity moderated the effect of parent emotion socialization on children's adjustment. Supportive responses were more protective for children evidencing RSA augmentation whereas non-supportive responses were more detrimental for children evidencing low SCL-R. Thus children's ANS reactivity during social stress may represent a biological vulnerability that influences sensitivity to parent emotion socialization.
本研究考察了儿童自主神经系统（ANS）对社会压力的反应指标是否调节了父母情绪社会化对儿童社会和情绪适应的影响。61名9至13岁的儿童完成了一项同伴拒绝任务，同时评估了他们的呼吸性窦性心律不齐反应性（RSA-R）和皮肤电导率水平反应性（SCL-R）。父母对孩子负面情绪的支持和不支持反应的报告作为情绪社会化的指标。儿童社会和情绪适应的指标包括：教师评定的同伴拒绝、攻击性和亲社会行为，以及父母评定的攻击/失调行为和情绪调节技能。儿童ANS反应性指标调节了父母情绪社会化对儿童适应的影响。支持性反应对表现出RSA增强的儿童更具保护作用，而非支持性反应对表现出低SCL-R的儿童更具损害性。因此，儿童在社会压力期间的ANS反应性可能代表一种生物易感性，影响对父母情绪社会化的敏感性。
