title: Autonomic functioning moderates the relations between contextual factors and externalizing behaviors among inner-city children.
abstract: Although previous research has identified various child-specific and contextual risk factors associated with externalizing behaviors, there is a dearth of literature examining child x context interactions in the prospective prediction of externalizing behaviors. To address this gap, we examined autonomic functioning as a moderator of the relation between contextual factors (i.e., neighborhood cohesion and harsh parental behaviors) and externalizing behaviors. Participants were an ethnic minority, inner-city sample of first through fourth grade children (N = 57, 50% male) and their primary caregivers who participated in two assessments approximately 1 year apart. Results indicated that baseline sympathetic functioning moderated the relation between (a) neighborhood cohesion and externalizing behaviors and (b) harsh parental behaviors and externalizing behaviors. Post-hoc probing of these interactions revealed that higher levels of neighborhood cohesion prospectively predicted (a) higher levels of externalizing behaviors among children with heightened baseline sympathetic functioning, and (b) lower levels of externalizing behaviors among children with attenuated baseline sympathetic functioning. In addition, among children with heightened baseline sympathetic functioning, higher levels of harsh parental behaviors prospectively predicted higher levels of externalizing behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Temple University, 1701 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA. Jbubier@temple.edu
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bubier
authors.forename: Deborah A G
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Drabick
authors.forename: Tyler
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Breiner
mesh_terms: D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology*; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology*; D002307:Cardiography, Impedance; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D015143:Philadelphia; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012307:Risk Factors; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012931:Social Environment; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology; D014505:Urban Population; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D001741:Black or African American
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