Maternal Behavior and Socioeconomic Status Predict Longitudinal Changes in Error-Related Negativity in Preschoolers. Academic Article

abstract

• The development self-regulation has been called a primary task of childhood. One system of self-regulation, self-monitoring, is indexed at the level of neural activity as early as preschool as the error-related negativity (ERN). However, how context elicits developmental changes in neural processes of self-monitoring like the ERN is not well understood. Here, socioeconomic status (SES) and parenting were tested as environmental influences on ERN development between ages 3 and 4 (N=119). Results showed the expected increases in ERN between ages 3 and 4 only when both maternal sensitivity and SES were high. This work demonstrates the importance of considering the early environment in order to understand the development of a neural process supporting self-regulation in young children.

authors

• Brooker, Rebecca

published proceedings

• Child Dev

altmetric score

• 5.6

author list (cited authors)

• Brooker, R. J.

citation count

• 21

complete list of authors

• Brooker, Rebecca J

publication date

• January 2018

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Child Development  Journal

keywords

• Cerebral Cortex
• Child Development
• Child, Preschool
• Electroencephalography
• Evoked Potentials
• Executive Function
• Female
• Humans
• Longitudinal Studies
• Male
• Maternal Behavior
• Parenting
• Self-control
• Social Class

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/cdev.13066

start page

• 725

end page

• 733

volume

• 89

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13066