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Infant Effortful Control Mediates Relations between Nondirective Parenting and Internalising-Related Child Behaviours in an Autism-Enriched Infant Cohort

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Title: Infant Effortful Control Mediates Relations between Nondirective Parenting and Internalising-Related Child Behaviours in an Autism-Enriched Infant Cohort
Language: English
Authors: Smith, C. G. (ORCID 0000-0001-5363-1146), Jones, E. J. H., Wass, S. V., Pasco, G., Johnson, M. H., Charman, T., Wan, M. W.
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Aug 2022 52(8):3496-3511.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 16
Publication Date: 2022
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Personality Traits, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Infants, Infant Behavior, Inhibition, Self Control, Toddlers, Behavior Problems
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-021-05219-x
ISSN: 0162-3257
Abstract: Internalising problems are common within Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); early intervention to support those with emerging signs may be warranted. One promising signal lies in how individual differences in temperament are shaped by parenting. Our longitudinal study of infants with and without an older sibling with ASD investigated how parenting associates with infant behavioural inhibition (8-14 months) and later effortful control (24 months) in relation to 3-year internalising symptoms. Mediation analyses suggest nondirective parenting (8 months) was related to fewer internalising problems through an increase in effortful control. Parenting did not moderate the stable predictive relation of behavioural inhibition on later internalising. We discuss the potential for parenting to strengthen protective factors against internalising in infants from an ASD-enriched cohort. [The article was written with The BASIS Team.]
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2022
Accession Number: EJ1342285
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Internalising problems are common within Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); early intervention to support those with emerging signs may be warranted. One promising signal lies in how individual differences in temperament are shaped by parenting. Our longitudinal study of infants with and without an older sibling with ASD investigated how parenting associates with infant behavioural inhibition (8-14 months) and later effortful control (24 months) in relation to 3-year internalising symptoms. Mediation analyses suggest nondirective parenting (8 months) was related to fewer internalising problems through an increase in effortful control. Parenting did not moderate the stable predictive relation of behavioural inhibition on later internalising. We discuss the potential for parenting to strengthen protective factors against internalising in infants from an ASD-enriched cohort. [The article was written with The BASIS Team.]
ISSN:0162-3257
DOI:10.1007/s10803-021-05219-x