TY - JOUR
T1 - Associations between child physical abuse potential, observed maternal parenting, and young children's emotion regulation
T2 - Is participation in Early Head Start protective?
AU - Paschall, Katherine W.
AU - Mastergeorge, Ann M.
AU - Ayoub, Catherine C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - Clinicians working with Early Head Start (EHS) families consider family well-being and positive parent–child relationships as foundational to school readiness. Understanding the links between risk factors and these dimensions of family engagement can inform clinical decision-making, as risk assessments are used to tailoring program services. The current study examined the associations between high risk, or potential, for child physical abuse and both parenting quality and children's emotion regulation (ER) during toddlerhood; EHS participation was examined as a buffer. The sample included EHS-eligible mothers of infants (N = 80) drawn from one site of the EHS Research and Evaluation Project. Associations were tested between mothers’ potential for child physical abuse, measured during infancy, and observed maternal sensitivity, positive regard, harshness, and children's ER skills at child ages 1 and 2 years. Results indicated that high potential for child physical abuse was associated with lower positive regard at age 1 and lower ER skills at age 2. EHS participation operated as a buffer on each of these associations. Implications for screening for child physical abuse potential and the constructs it represents in clinical settings as well as how EHS can promote family engagement are discussed.
AB - Clinicians working with Early Head Start (EHS) families consider family well-being and positive parent–child relationships as foundational to school readiness. Understanding the links between risk factors and these dimensions of family engagement can inform clinical decision-making, as risk assessments are used to tailoring program services. The current study examined the associations between high risk, or potential, for child physical abuse and both parenting quality and children's emotion regulation (ER) during toddlerhood; EHS participation was examined as a buffer. The sample included EHS-eligible mothers of infants (N = 80) drawn from one site of the EHS Research and Evaluation Project. Associations were tested between mothers’ potential for child physical abuse, measured during infancy, and observed maternal sensitivity, positive regard, harshness, and children's ER skills at child ages 1 and 2 years. Results indicated that high potential for child physical abuse was associated with lower positive regard at age 1 and lower ER skills at age 2. EHS participation operated as a buffer on each of these associations. Implications for screening for child physical abuse potential and the constructs it represents in clinical settings as well as how EHS can promote family engagement are discussed.
KW - Early Head Start
KW - Early Head Start
KW - Emotionsregulation
KW - Erziehung
KW - Potenzial für Kindesmissbrauch
KW - Programa de Comienzo Temprano
KW - child abuse potential
KW - crianza
KW - emotion regulation
KW - parentage
KW - parenting
KW - potencial de abuso del niño
KW - potentiel de maltraitance de l'enfant
KW - programme américain de Early Head Start
KW - regulación de la emoción
KW - régulation de l’émotion
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U2 - 10.1002/imhj.21767
DO - 10.1002/imhj.21767
M3 - Article
C2 - 30659632
AN - SCOPUS:85060332549
SN - 0163-9641
VL - 40
SP - 169
EP - 185
JO - Infant Mental Health Journal
JF - Infant Mental Health Journal
IS - 2
ER -