title: Maternal sensitivity and latency to positive emotion following challenge: pathways through effortful control.
abstract: The ability to self-generate positive emotions is an important component of emotion regulation. In this study, we focus on children's latency to express positive emotions following challenging situations and assess whether this ability operates through early maternal sensitivity and children's effortful control. Longitudinal relations between maternal sensitivity, infant negative affect, effortful control, and latency to positive emotion following challenge were examined in 156 children who were 33 months of age. Structural equation models supported the hypothesis that maternal sensitivity during infancy predicted better effortful control and, in turn, shorter latencies to positive emotions following challenge at 33 months. Directions for future research are discussed.
authors: Columbia University.
authors: Anne
authors: A
authors: Conway
authors: Susan C
authors: SC
authors: McDonough
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Mackenzie
authors: Alison
authors: A
authors: Miller
authors: Carolyn
authors: C
authors: Dayton
authors: Katherine
authors: K
authors: Rosenblum
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Muzik
authors: Arnold
authors: A
authors: Sameroff
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004644:Emotions; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult