When stress gets into your head: Socioeconomic risk, executive functions, and maternal sensitivity across childrearing contexts.

This study used a longitudinal design, and utilized a socioeconomically diverse sample of 185 mothers and their 3.5-year-old toddlers. Multi-informants and methods were used to assess constructs. Findings revealed that maternal EF mediated associations between socioeconomic risk and parenting sensitivity with specific effects for working memory and baseline sensitivity and inhibitory control and change in sensitivity as childrearing demands increased. Results are interpreted within emerging conceptual frameworks regarding the role of parental neurocognitive functioning and caregiving. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Journal of Family Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Source Type: research