The role of supportive parenting and stress reactivity in the development of self-regulation in early childhood

Rianne Kok*, Maartje P. C. M. Luijk, Nicole Lucassen, Peter Prinzie, Joran Jongerling, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Henning Tiemeier, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg

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Abstract

Maternal sensitivity and supportive discipline are important determinants of child self-regulation. Some evidence suggests that specific genetic or temperamental markers determine children's susceptibility to the impact of maternal parenting on child self-regulation. Cortisol reactivity as a susceptibility marker moderating the relation between maternal parenting and child self-regulation has not yet been studied. In this longitudinal population-based study (N = 258), the moderating role of infant cortisol stress response to the Strange Situation Procedure at age 1 was examined in the association between parenting (sensitivity and supportive discipline) at age 3 and child self-regulation at age 3 and 4. Maternal sensitivity and supportive discipline were related to child immediate and prolonged delay of gratification at age 3, and maternal sensitivity was related to working memory skills at age 4. No evidence of differential susceptibility to maternal parenting was found, based on differences in infant cortisol stress response.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2424-2435
JournalJournal of Child and Family Studies
Volume31
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Keywords

  • Self-regulation
  • Infant stress reactivity
  • Maternal sensitivity
  • Maternal supportive discipline
  • Differential susceptibility theory
  • EXECUTIVE FUNCTION
  • DIFFERENTIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY
  • BIOLOGICAL SENSITIVITY
  • MATERNAL SENSITIVITY
  • TEMPERAMENT
  • QUALITY
  • TRANSMISSION
  • PRESCHOOLERS
  • ATTACHMENT
  • BEHAVIORS

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