The results show that high levels of frustration / negative affect in the 1 — 3 year - old group and
low effortful control in children 3 to 6 years old are the most relevant variables in differentiating between aggressive and non-aggressive subjects.
Not exact matches
For example, it is clear that
effortful control is linked to positive development, even
in the first five years of life, since it has been associated with
lower levels of problem behaviours and has been found to correlate with and predict
low levels of negative emotion, highly committed compliance, high levels of social competence, and conscience.
Greater ability to take «I» positions
in relationships, along with
lower emotional reactivity (ER) and attachment anxiety, were unique predictors of
effortful control.
Frustration acted as a general risk factor predicting severity of maladjustment;
low Effortful Control and Fear acted as dimension - specific risk factors that predicted a particular type of psychopathology; whereas Shyness, High - Intensity Pleasure, and Affiliation acted as direction markers that steered the conditional probability of internalizing versus externalizing problems,
in the event of maladjustment.
For instance, the temperament trait of high fear predicted mainly internalizing problems
in adolescents, whereas temperament traits of
low effortful control and high - intensity pleasure (which expresses adolescents» pleasure derived from novel and intense experiences) more strongly predicted externalizing problems.
In addition, there was a significant difference between mothers and fathers on punishment of
low effortful control and discouraging surgency, favoring fathers.
In general, children high in frustration, impulsivity and low in effortful control are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of negative parenting, while in turn, many negative parenting behaviors predict increases in these characteristic
In general, children high
in frustration, impulsivity and low in effortful control are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of negative parenting, while in turn, many negative parenting behaviors predict increases in these characteristic
in frustration, impulsivity and
low in effortful control are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of negative parenting, while in turn, many negative parenting behaviors predict increases in these characteristic
in effortful control are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of negative parenting, while
in turn, many negative parenting behaviors predict increases in these characteristic
in turn, many negative parenting behaviors predict increases
in these characteristic
in these characteristics.
Moreover, Gartstein et al. (2012),
in a longitudinal study that covered early childhood (from infancy till preschool period), found that higher levels of both surgency and negative emotionality predicted preschoolers» higher levels of externalizing problems, while higher levels of
effortful control were linked to
lower levels of externalizing difficulties.
Temperament could be implicated
in the development of ADHD.54 The link could be mediated through extreme approach tendencies or
low effortful control and through some negative parenting resulting from ADHD symptoms.20, 21 As for the sex of the child, it is well documented that boys are more susceptible to neurodevelopmental disorders and other disruptive behaviors (among which is ADHD) from early childhood.55
The quadratic term for
effortful control was included because both
low as well as high levels of
effortful control have been found to be associated with child internalizing problem behavior
in population studies.
In comparison, RA has been associated with hostile attributions toward potential sources of threats or pain [36, 37], low effortful control [38, 39], and generally to deficits in executive functioning [40, 41
In comparison, RA has been associated with hostile attributions toward potential sources of threats or pain [36, 37],
low effortful control [38, 39], and generally to deficits
in executive functioning [40, 41
in executive functioning [40, 41].
Within the temperament dimension
effortful control all subscales were significantly different between the groups
in the expected direction, with the referred group scoring
lower than the population group (Table 2).
In addition, there is evidence from population studies for trait - by - trait moderation, such that negative affectivity is most strongly predicting externalizing problem behavior when
effortful control is
low [24, 26].
One indirect effect was found, with
low effortful control predicting increases
in depressive symptoms through heightened levels of RNT.
Lower effortful control predicted changes
in externalizing (pure and co-occurring) over 6 years, but only when parental positive expressivity was
low.
An integrative structural equation model tested hypotheses that mothers» parenting (i.e.,
low levels of inductive discipline and maternal warmth) would mediate adverse effects of early maternal distress on child
effortful control, which
in turn would mediate effects of maternal parenting on child externalizing behavior.