Vagal tone and temperament as predictors of emotion regulation strategies in young children

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-216

  Santucci, Aimee K ^a   Silk, Jennifer S ^a   Shaw, Daniel S ^a   Gentzler, Amy ^b   Fox, Nathan A ^c   Kovacs, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Emotion regulation; Temperament; Vagal tone

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MOTHER; PREDICTION; REST; TEMPERAMENT; VAGUS TONE; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DYSTHYMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; VAGUS NERVE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERAMENT; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 41949124972     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20283     Document Type: Article

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