Goldenthal Hayley J, Gouze Karen, Russo Jaclyn, Raviv Tali, Holley Carmen, Cicchetti Colleen
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2025 Jun;56(3):669-682. doi: 10.1007/s10578-023-01595-w. Epub 2023 Aug 30.
Early childhood is a heightened risk period for exposure to potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and a critical period for the development of foundational self-regulatory competencies that have potential cascading effects on future socioemotional functioning. This cross-sectional study examined associations between PTE exposure and socioemotional and adaptive functioning, and self-regulatory skills, in a community-based sample of 280 primarily Black and Latinx 3-5-year-olds. Results supported direct relations between PTE exposure and socioemotional and adaptive functioning. Attentional regulation was associated with PTEs and internalizing behaviors, externalizing behaviors, and adaptive behaviors. There was also a significant association of emotional regulation on the relationship between PTEs and internalizing and externalizing behaviors, but not adaptive functioning. Findings have implications for early intervention and educational and public policy, including the importance of scaffolding the development of self-regulatory skills among preschoolers with high PTE exposure.
幼儿期是接触潜在创伤性事件（PTEs）的高风险期，也是基础自我调节能力发展的关键期，这些能力对未来的社会情感功能可能产生连锁效应。这项横断面研究在一个以社区为基础的样本中，对280名主要为黑人及拉丁裔的3至5岁儿童进行了调查，研究了PTE暴露与社会情感和适应性功能以及自我调节技能之间的关联。结果支持了PTE暴露与社会情感和适应性功能之间的直接关系。注意力调节与PTEs、内化行为、外化行为和适应性行为相关。情绪调节在PTEs与内化和外化行为之间的关系中也存在显著关联，但与适应性功能无关。研究结果对早期干预以及教育和公共政策具有启示意义，包括为高PTE暴露的学龄前儿童搭建自我调节技能发展支架的重要性。
