Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education, National Virtual Simulation Center for Experimental Psychology Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, Zhuhai, China.
Child Dev. 2024 Jan-Feb;95(1):70-81. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13976. Epub 2023 Jul 19.
The present study employed two key dynamic indicators (i.e., inertia and instability) to the psychophysiological research of child emotion regulation (ER) and examined whether respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) dynamics were associated with child ER during a stress task. Eighty-nine Chinese school-age children (M = 8.77 years, SD = 1.80 years; 46.1% girls) and their primary caregivers participated in the study. After controlling for RSA static reactivity, multiple regression analyses indicated that lower RSA inertia was related to fewer in-task negative emotions rated by children and their caregivers, and higher RSA instability was associated with better child trait ER. This study introduces physiological indicators of the dynamic aspects of parasympathetic activity to the study of child ER.
本研究将两个关键的动态指标（惯性和不稳定性）应用于儿童情绪调节（ER）的心理生理学研究，并考察了呼吸窦性心律失常（RSA）动力学是否与应激任务期间儿童的 ER 有关。89 名中国学龄儿童（M=8.77 岁，SD=1.80 岁；46.1%为女孩）及其主要照顾者参与了研究。在控制 RSA 静态反应性后，多元回归分析表明，较低的 RSA 惯性与儿童及其照顾者在任务中较少的负面情绪评价有关，而较高的 RSA 不稳定性与更好的儿童特质 ER 有关。本研究将副交感神经活动动态方面的生理指标引入到儿童 ER 的研究中。
