The influence of early life contexts on child self-regulation: A key to life course wellness
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Nursing Developmental Biology Developmental Psychology Endocrinology Families and Family Life Health Health Sciences Physiological Psychology Public Health self-regulation chronic stress prolonged stress hair cortisol adversity socioeconomic disadvantage ecobiodevelopmental framework mother-child dyad toddler mediation parent-child relationship nutrition environment caregiver father context |
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu15465530675788682021-08-03T07:09:26Z The influence of early life contexts on child self-regulation: A key to life course wellness Bates, Randi Ann Nursing Developmental Biology Developmental Psychology Endocrinology Families and Family Life Health Health Sciences Physiological Psychology Public Health self-regulation chronic stress prolonged stress hair cortisol adversity socioeconomic disadvantage ecobiodevelopmental framework mother-child dyad toddler mediation parent-child relationship nutrition environment caregiver father context Background and aims: One of the keys to adult success and wellbeing is earlychildhood self-regulation. However, research findings suggest that a disproportionate number ofchildren living with socioeconomic adversity have poorer self-regulation than their moreadvantaged peers. To help combat this disparity, we need to better understand early self-regulationand how it develops within socioeconomic adversity. Our current understanding ofearly self-regulation development and socioeconomic adversity is summarized and outlined inShonkoff’s (2012) ecobiodevelopmental framework. The ecobiodevelopmental framework andother empirical research results suggest that: a) early childhood may be a sensitive period whenself-regulation trajectories are more strongly shaped by cumulative adversities within the earlyenvironment than during later periods and b) the process through which this may occur isthrough prolonged stress in the mother and the child. Guided by the ecobiodevelopmentalframework to understand early self-regulation development within the context of socioeconomicdisadvantage, there are three specific aims (and hypotheses) of this dissertation to determinewhether and how much:1. More cumulative ecologic adversities (CEA) during the child’s early development (fromapproximately ages 15-19 months to 20-24 months) contribute to poorer child self-regulationat age 20-24 months.2. Prolonged stress in the child (measured over a 4-month period prior to the self-regulationmeasurement) mediates the relationship between CEA and child self-regulation.3. Prolonged stress in the mother (measured over a 4-month period prior to the child self-regulationmeasurement) mediates the relationship between CEA and the child’sprolonged stress levels and self-regulation.Methods: The study used a descriptive, correlational design. Both primary and secondarydata were used in this study. Secondary data were from an ongoing longitudinal cohort study of322 mothers and their child who were living with socioeconomic disadvantage. Primary datainvolved collecting hair samples for hair cortisol concentration (HCC) to approximate prolongedstress in a subsample of 94 mothers and their child of the cohort study. A total of 60 mother-childdyads (120 individuals) were included in the final analyses reported here. The primaryoutcome was self-regulation, measured at child age 20-24 months (toddler-age) with the Bayley-III Adaptive Behavior Scale (also known as the Adaptive Behavior Assessment System-II) self-directionsubscale. CEA was calculated by measuring and summing the results of 12 risk factorswithin four environments of the ecobiodevelopmental framework: 1) relationships, 2) physical,3) nutritional, and 4) caregiver capacity. CEA risk factors were experienced at either child age15-19 months or at 20-24 months. Prolonged physiologic stress was measured with HCC, whichreflected a 4-month period before the self-regulation assessment. The three aims were analyzedwith regression-based mediation analyses and the indirect effects were inferentially tested withbootstrapping.Results: The relationship of CEA to toddler self-regulation was direct and was notmediated by prolonged stress in the mother or toddler. Specifically, a one point increase in CEAwas associated with a worsening of toddler self-regulation by about 0.6 points (p < .05). Mother’s prolonged stress was positively associated with toddler prolonged stress (r = .51, p <.01) and trended towards a significant association with CEA (r = .25, p = .06).Conclusions: The findings of this dissertation partially support the hypotheses. Toddlerself-regulation was shaped by adversities but not by prolonged stress. The findings suggest thatearly context matters for toddlers living in socioeconomic disadvantage - increasingenvironmental adversities in early childhood adversely shape self-regulation development.Design and measurements could have limited the ability to detect effects of the theoretically-basedrelationship of prolonged physiologic stress mediating the relationship between CEA andself-regulation. Given that early self-regulation is a key for success and wellbeing later in life,more research is needed to better understand the mechanism through which adverseenvironments shape self-regulation in young children. This research could lead to interventionsto help children develop self-regulation as optimally as possible. 2019-08-27 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1546553067578868 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1546553067578868 restricted--full text unavailable until 2024-05-06 This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |