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Error processing and coping with stressful real-life situations in children and their mothers
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Executive attention; an underlying mechanisms enabling self-regulation; can be behaviorally indicated by post-error slowing (PES) – a delay in reaction time following an error. PES develops during early childhood – plausibly shaped by genetic and environmental factors. We tested whether mothers’ and children’s PES predicted their post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms during a real-life stressful situation; and how each one’s PTSD symptoms moderated the other’s. Ninety-five kindergarten-aged children and mother pairs participated. In T1; participants’ PES was measured during a laboratory task. About 1.5 years afterwards; six months after a national traumatic event; mothers reported their own and their child’s PTSD symptoms (T2). Key findings show that for mothers with high PTSD symptoms; children with more developed PES at T1 showed less PTSD symptoms at T2. In contrast; for mothers with low PTSD symptoms; children’s PES was unrelated to their PTSD symptoms. For mothers of children with high PTSD symptoms; those with less developed PES at T1 showed high PTSD symptoms at T2. Mothers of children with low symptoms showed no such relation. The models explained 61.1% of children’s and 51% of mothers’ PTSD symptoms. These findings provide evidence for the protective effect of self-regulation against PTSD; and the mutual dyadic moderating effects of its manifestation.
Keywords:
longitudinal
mother-child relation
PTSD
post-error slowing
self-regulation
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