University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychiatry.
University of Oregon, Department of Psychology.
Dev Psychopathol. 2021 Dec;33(5):1821-1836. doi: 10.1017/s0954579421000948. Epub 2021 Dec 7.
While the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) acknowledges that environmental and developmental influences represent important elements of the RDoC framework, there is little specificity regarding and to systematically examine the impact of these dimensions on domains of function. The primary aims of this paper are to demonstrate the ways in which the RDoC can be expanded to include an explicit emphasis on 1) examining within-individual change in developmental processes over time and 2) evaluating the extent to which selective and measurable environmental influences drive meaningful change during key developmental periods. We provide data from an ongoing randomized control trial as a proof of concept to highlight how repeated assessments within an experimental intervention design affords the unique opportunity to test the impact of environmental influences on within-individual change. Using preliminary data from 77 mother-child dyads repeatedly assessed across 12 months during the preschool period, we demonstrate the influence of changes in maternal emotion regulation (ER) on within-individual growth in child ER and link that growth to fewer teacher-reported externalizing problems. In line with this Special Issue, findings are discussed within the context of expanding and clarifying the existing RDoC framework to explicitly incorporate environmental and developmental dimensions.
虽然研究领域标准（RDoC）承认环境和发展影响代表了 RDoC 框架的重要元素，但对于系统地检查这些维度对功能领域的影响，几乎没有具体的规定。本文的主要目的是展示如何将 RDoC 扩展到包括明确强调 1）随着时间的推移检查个体内部发展过程中的变化，以及 2）评估选择性和可衡量的环境影响在关键发展时期驱动有意义变化的程度。我们提供了一项正在进行的随机对照试验的数据，作为概念验证，以突出在实验干预设计中进行重复评估如何为测试环境影响对个体内部变化的影响提供独特的机会。使用来自 77 对母子对的初步数据，这些数据在学龄前期间的 12 个月内进行了重复评估，我们展示了母亲情绪调节（ER）变化对儿童 ER 个体内部增长的影响，并将这种增长与教师报告的较少的外化问题联系起来。与本期特刊一致，我们将在扩展和澄清现有的 RDoC 框架以明确纳入环境和发展维度的背景下讨论这些发现。
