Sensitive caregiving and reward responsivity: A novel mechanism linking parenting and executive functions development in early childhood.

Autor: Werchan DM; Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York City, New York, USA., Ku S; Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York City, New York, USA., Berry D; Institute of Child Development, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA., Blair C; Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York City, New York, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Developmental science [Dev Sci] 2023 Mar; Vol. 26 (2), pp. e13293. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 23.
DOI: 10.1111/desc.13293
Abstrakt: Sensitive caregiving is an essential aspect of positive parenting that influences executive functions development, but the mechanisms underlying this association are less clear. Using data from the Family Life Project, a large prospective longitudinal sample of 1292 families residing in rural, predominately low-income communities, the current study examined whether sensitive caregiving impacts executive functions development by shaping behavioral reward processing systems in early postnatal life. Results indicated that higher levels of sensitive caregiving during infancy were associated with heightened reward responsivity at age 4, which in turn predicted superior executive functions ability at age 5. Notably, children's reward responsivity partially mediated the relationship between sensitive caregiving in infancy and executive functions ability at school entry. These findings add to prior work on early experience and children's executive functions and highlight caregiver scaffolding of developing reward processing systems as a potential foundational mechanism for supporting adaptive behavior and self-regulation across the lifespan.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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