The N2 during Preschool: Temporal Stability and a Test of Bidirectional Effects with Maternal Emotion Characteristics in a White, European-American Sample
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| Title: | The N2 during Preschool: Temporal Stability and a Test of Bidirectional Effects with Maternal Emotion Characteristics in a White, European-American Sample |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Anahid Akbaryan, Reese C. Burkey, Peter J. Ramirez, Ashley L. Walker, JungWon Choi, Sejal Mistry-Patel, Jennifer L. Kling, Rebecca J. Brooker (ORCID |
| Source: | Child Development. 2025 96(5):1825-1838. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (DHHS/NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) (DHHS/NIH) |
| Contract Number: | K01MH100240 R01MH113669 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Preschool Children, Behavior Development, Inhibition, Mothers, Psychological Patterns, Whites, Child Behavior, Parent Child Relationship, Child Development |
| Geographic Terms: | Montana |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.70004 |
| ISSN: | 0009-3920 1467-8624 |
| Abstract: | Despite well-documented behavioral changes, the development of neuropsychological substrates underlying inhibitory control remains unknown, hindering understanding of this construct over time. Stability and change in N2, a neural correlate of inhibitory control, and its crosslagged, bidirectional associations with maternal emotion characteristics were examined in 121 preschoolers (59% female, predominantly White) between 2014 and 2017. N2 was stable from 3 to 5 years of age. Greater maternal negativity at age 4 predicted smaller N2 amplitudes in preschoolers at age 5 ([beta] = 0.22); preschoolers' N2 amplitudes did not predict subsequent emotion characteristics in mothers. Findings provide initial evidence for mother-to-child, but not child-to-mother effects linking N2 with mothers' emotion characteristics and a foundation for future longitudinal work on developing neural correlates of inhibitory control in preschoolers. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Notes: | https://osf.io/wavrp/?view_only=9210cace008c4bd1b19956bce1ed32be |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1481824 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Despite well-documented behavioral changes, the development of neuropsychological substrates underlying inhibitory control remains unknown, hindering understanding of this construct over time. Stability and change in N2, a neural correlate of inhibitory control, and its crosslagged, bidirectional associations with maternal emotion characteristics were examined in 121 preschoolers (59% female, predominantly White) between 2014 and 2017. N2 was stable from 3 to 5 years of age. Greater maternal negativity at age 4 predicted smaller N2 amplitudes in preschoolers at age 5 ([beta] = 0.22); preschoolers' N2 amplitudes did not predict subsequent emotion characteristics in mothers. Findings provide initial evidence for mother-to-child, but not child-to-mother effects linking N2 with mothers' emotion characteristics and a foundation for future longitudinal work on developing neural correlates of inhibitory control in preschoolers. |
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| ISSN: | 0009-3920 1467-8624 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.70004 |
