Galán, Chardée
(2020)
DIFFERENTIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TO PARENTING AND A FAMILY-CENTERED INTERVENTION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD: CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE AMONG MULTIPLE METHODS AND MARKERS OF ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSCEPTIBILITY.
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
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Abstract
Although differential susceptibility theory has received increasing empirical support, several unresolved issues remain. The current study sought to address three particularly important questions concerning patterns of convergence or divergence across various markers and time scales of assessing differential susceptibility: (1) to what extent do different markers of susceptibility, specifically phenotypic (i.e., age 2 negative emotionality and effortful control) and genotypic characteristics, identify the same or different groups of children as being most susceptible to their caregiving environment during toddlerhood?; (2) are toddlers who respond with positive emotions to their parents’ positive emotions the same children who also respond to their caregivers’ negative display of emotions with negative emotions; (3) does differential reactivity to caregiving on a micro-time scale translate to differential susceptibility to positive and negative parenting across longer periods of development in relation to later conduct problems in middle childhood? Data were drawn from a randomized prevention trial conducted with youth and their primary caregivers followed prospectively from toddlerhood to middle childhood. Analyses using cumulative susceptibility scores showed that less than 1% of youth had elevated scores on all three markers of environmental susceptibility. As the majority of youth showed heightened susceptibility based only on one or two markers, findings provide initial evidence suggesting divergence across different markers of environmental susceptibility. In regards to children’s profiles of emotional reactivity during observed parent-child interactions, findings showed that a minority of children (5.2%) were differentially reactive “for better and for worse,” responding with positive emotions to their parents’ positive emotions and negative emotions to their parents’ display of negative emotions. Finally, concerning the association between differential reactivity and differentially susceptibility, children who were differentially reactive to their parents’ emotions during moment-to-moment interactions showed stronger longitudinal associations between negative and positive parenting in toddlerhood and later conduct problems. However, findings were consistent with diathesis stress, suggesting that short-term differential reactivity may not translate to differential susceptibility over many years. Collectively, findings underscore the importance of examining the extent to which different levels of analysis identify the same or different groups of children as being most susceptible to their environment.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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Unpublished |
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| Creators | Email | Pitt Username | ORCID  |
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| Galán, Chardée | cag127@pitt.edu | cag127@pitt.edu | |
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| Date: |
16 September 2020 |
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Publication |
| Defense Date: |
9 August 2019 |
| Approval Date: |
16 September 2020 |
| Submission Date: |
6 August 2020 |
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No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Number of Pages: |
136 |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Psychology |
| Degree: |
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy |
| Thesis Type: |
Doctoral Dissertation |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
NA |
| Additional Information: |
I wasn't sure if I was supposed to provide my middle name above. In case you need it, it's Ashley.
Also, we weren't required to have keywords for our dissertation so I put N/A there. However, happy to include some if those are needed. |
| Date Deposited: |
16 Sep 2020 13:50 |
| Last Modified: |
16 Sep 2020 13:50 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/39687 |
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DIFFERENTIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TO PARENTING AND A FAMILY-CENTERED INTERVENTION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD: CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE AMONG MULTIPLE METHODS AND MARKERS OF ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSCEPTIBILITY. (deposited 16 Sep 2020 13:50)
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