scholarly journals Frontal EEG asymmetry moderates the associations between negative temperament and behavioral problems during childhood

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Ran Liu ◽  
Susan D. Calkins ◽  
Martha Ann Bell
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Frontal Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Resilience Process ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Eeg Activation ◽  
Socioemotional Outcomes

Abstract Fearful inhibition and impulsivity-anger significantly predict internalizing and externalizing problems, respectively. An important moderator that may affect these associations is frontal EEG asymmetry (FA). We examined how temperament and FA at 6 years interactively predicted behavioral problems at 9 years. A community sample of 186 children (93 boys, 93 girls) participated in the study. Results indicated that the effect of fearful inhibition on parent-reported internalizing problems increased as children exhibited greater right FA. The effect of impulsivity-anger on parent-reported externalizing problems increased as children showed greater left FA. Because FA was allowed to vary rather than children being dichotomized into membership in left FA and right FA groups, we observed that children’s FA contributed to the resilience process only when FA reached specific asymmetry levels. These findings highlight the importance of considering the different functions of FA in combination with specific dimensions of temperament in predicting children’s socioemotional outcomes. Clinical implications include providing suggestions for intervention services by demonstrating the role of FA in developing behavioral problems and inspiring research on whether it is possible to alter EEG activation and thus potentially improve developmental outcomes.

The role of frontal activation in the regulation and dysregulation of social behavior during the preschool years

1996 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan A. Fox ◽  
Louis A. Schmidt ◽  
Susan D. Calkins ◽  
Kenneth H. Rubin ◽  
Robert J. Coplan
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Maladaptive Behavior ◽  
Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Frontal Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Behavioral Style ◽  
Preschool Period ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Electroencephalogram Eeg

AbstractWe examined whether the interaction of resting frontal electroencephalogram (EEG) asymmetry and social behavior during peer play was related to the occurrence of maladaptive behavior in preschoolers. Two independent cohorts of children were observed interacting in same-age and -gender play quartets at 4 years of age. Each child was also seen individually for a psychophysiology session during which time measures of EEG activity were recorded. We found that highly sociable children who exhibited greater relative right frontal EEG asymmetry were more likely to exhibit externalizing problems than sociable children who exhibited greater relative left frontal EEG asymmetry. We also found that shy children who exhibited greater relative right frontal EEG asymmetry were more likely to exhibit internalizing problems than shy children who exhibited left frontal EEG asymmetry. These findings suggest that the pattern of frontal EEG asymmetry in combination with social behavioral style is a significant predictor of maladaptive behavior problems during the preschool period.

scholarly journals Frontal EEG asymmetry in infants observing separation and comforting events: The role of infants’ attachment relationship

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 100941
Author(s):  
Szilvia Biro ◽  
Mikko J. Peltola ◽  
Rens Huffmeijer ◽  
Lenneke R.A. Alink ◽  
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Frontal Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Attachment Relationship

scholarly journals The role of frontal EEG asymmetry in post-traumatic stress disorder

2015 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 62-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Meyer ◽  
Tom Smeets ◽  
Timo Giesbrecht ◽  
Conny W.E.M. Quaedflieg ◽  
Fren T.Y. Smulders ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Frontal Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Post Traumatic

scholarly journals Affectionate Touch in the Context of Breastfeeding and Maternal Depression Influences Infant Neurodevelopmental and Temperamental Substrates

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Jillian S. Hardin ◽  
Nancy Aaron Jones ◽  
Krystal D. Mize ◽  
Melannie Platt
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Depression ◽  
Early Development ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Infant Temperament ◽  
Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Frontal Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Feeding Method ◽  
Eeg Activation ◽  
Infant Brain Development

<b><i>Background:</i></b> While numerous studies have demonstrated maternal depression’s influence on infant brain development, few studies have examined the changes that occur as a consequence of co-occurring experiential factors that affect quality of mother and infant affectionate touch as well as infant temperament and neurophysiological systems. The aim of the study was to examine the interactive effects of maternal depression and breastfeeding on mother and infant affectionate touch and infant temperament and cortical maturation patterns across early development. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> 113 mothers and their infants participated when infants were 1 and 3 months of age. Questionnaires to assess maternal depressive symptoms, feeding, and temperament were completed. Tonic EEG patterns (asymmetry and left and right activity) were collected and the dyads were video-recorded during feeding to assess mother and infant affectionate touch patterns. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Data analysis showed that EEG activity and mother-infant affectionate touch differed as a function of mood and feeding method. Notably, only infants of depressed mothers that bottle-fed showed right frontal EEG asymmetry and attenuated change in the left frontal region across 3 months. Breastfeeding positively impacted affectionate touch behaviors and was associated with increased left and decreased right frontal EEG activation even for depressed groups. Furthermore, a model incorporating physiology, maternal depression, touch, temperament, and feeding indicated significant prediction for infant affectionate touch (with breastfeeding and affectively positive temperament demonstrating the strongest prediction). <b><i>Con­clusion:</i></b> The findings suggest that breastfeeding and the infant’s positive temperament influence mother-infant affectionate touch patterns and result in neuroprotective outcomes for infants, even those exposed to maternal depression within early development.

Fearful temperament in middle childhood predicts adolescent attention bias and anxiety symptoms: The moderating role of frontal EEG asymmetry

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Ran Liu ◽  
Martha Ann Bell
Keyword(s):  
Stimulus Onset Asynchrony ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Attention Bias ◽  
Stimulus Onset ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Frontal Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Adolescent Anxiety ◽  
Automatic Attention ◽  
Onset Asynchrony

Abstract The current study provided first analyses of the moderating effect of baseline-to-task frontal EEG asymmetry on the associations between 9-year fearful temperament and adolescent attention bias to threat as well as anxiety symptoms. Participants include a community sample of 122 children (60 boys, 62 girls; Mage = 14.66 years; Range = 11.82–18.13 years). Baseline-to-task frontal EEG asymmetry at age 9 moderated the relation between fearful temperament at age 9 and adolescent anxiety symptoms. Specifically, fearful temperament predicted adolescent anxiety symptoms when children showed greater right activation from baseline to an executive function task, but not greater left activation. Baseline-to-task frontal EEG asymmetry moderated the association between fearful temperament and sustained (i.e., stimulus onset asynchrony is 1250 ms) but not automatic attention bias (i.e., stimulus onset asynchrony is 500 ms). Children with greater left frontal activation from baseline to task more efficiently direct attention away from threat. Adolescent automatic attention bias to threat was related to concurrent anxiety symptoms. These findings illustrate the importance of considering frontal EEG asymmetry to shape how fearful children process threat and to influence their behavioral problems.

Interparental Violence and Early Adolescents’ Adjustment Problems in China: Testing a Moderated Mediation Model of Parental Warmth and Emotional Insecurity

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052095963
Author(s):  
Xiaoping Xiang ◽  
Juan Wang ◽  
Chaoyue Wu ◽  
Yiting Chen
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Early Adolescents ◽  
Parental Warmth ◽  
Interparental Violence ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Adjustment Problems ◽  
Emotional Insecurity

This study analyzed the relationships between exposure to interparental violence and adolescents’ adjustment problems. It also explored the mediating role of emotional insecurity and the moderating role of parental warmth in these relationships. Five hundred and seventy-eight early adolescents from three migrant primary schools and one public school in Beijing participated in this survey, reporting on their perceived interparental violence, emotional insecurity, post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), and internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems. The results revealed that emotional insecurity partially mediated the association between interparental violence and all three indicators of adjustment problems, with stronger mediating effects on PTSS and internalizing problems than on externalizing problems; parental warmth buffered the association between emotional insecurity and internalizing/externalizing problems. This study adds insights to present literature on how interparental violence contributes to different aspects of adolescents’ adjustment problems in the Chinese context.

The role of resting frontal EEG asymmetry in psychopathology: Afferent or efferent filter?

2012 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa M. Gatzke-Kopp ◽  
Michelle K. Jetha ◽  
Sidney J. Segalowitz
Keyword(s):  
Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Frontal Eeg Asymmetry

scholarly journals Associations of behavioral problems and white matter properties of the cerebellar peduncles in boys and girls born full term and preterm

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Machiko Hosoki ◽  
Lisa Bruckert ◽  
Lauren Borchers ◽  
Virginia Marchman ◽  
Katherine Travis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
White Matter ◽  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Full Term ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Cerebellar Peduncles ◽  
Deterministic Tractography

Accumulating evidence suggests that the role of cerebellum includes regulation of behaviors; Cerebellar impairment may lead to behavioral problems. Behavioral problems differ by sex: internalizing problems are more common in girls, externalizing problems in boys. Behavioral problems are also elevated in children born preterm (PT) compared to children born full-term (FT). The current study examined internalizing and externalizing problems in 8-year-old children in relation to sex, birth-group, FA of the cerebellar peduncles, and interactions among these predictor variables. Participants (N=78) were 44 boys (28 PT) and 34 girls (15 PT). We assessed behavioral problems via standardized parent-reports and FA of the cerebellar peduncles using deterministic tractography. Internalizing problems were higher in children born PT compared to children born FT (p=.032); the interaction of sex and birth-group was significant (p=.044). When considering the contribution of the mean-tract FA of cerebellar peduncles to behavioral problems, there was a significant interaction of sex and mean-tract FA of the ICP with internalizing problems; the slope was negative in girls (p=.020) but not boys. In boys, internalizing problems were only associated with mean-tract FA ICP in those born preterm (p=.010). We found no other significant associations contributing to internalizing or externalizing problems. Thus, we found sexual dimorphism and birth-group differences in the association of white matter metrics of the ICP and internalizing problems in school-aged children. The findings inform theories of the origins of internalizing behavioral problems in middle childhood and may suggest approaches to treatment at school age.

EEG activation in 1-month-old infants of depressed mothers

1997 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 491-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
NANCY AARON JONES ◽  
TIFFANY FIELD ◽  
NATHAN A. FOX ◽  
BRENDA LUNDY ◽  
MARISABEL DAVALOS
Keyword(s):  
Facial Expressions ◽  
Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Frontal Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Eeg Activation ◽  
Depressed Mothers

Previous research has documented differences in the pattern of EEG activation between 3-month-old infants of depressed mothers and infants of nondepressed mothers. In the present study, EEG was recorded in even younger 1-month-old infants of depressed and nondepressed mothers. The infants of depressed mothers exhibited greater relative right frontal EEG asymmetry (due to reduced left frontal activation), and this pattern at 1 month was significantly related to 3-month EEG asymmetry. Right frontal EEG asymmetry was also related to more frequent negative facial expressions (sad and pre-cry faces) during the Brazelton exam. Finally, the infants of depressed mothers showed more indeterminate sleep, were less active, and cried less than infants of nondepressed mothers.

scholarly journals Role of Parenting Style in Children’s Behavioral Problems through the Transition from Preschool to Elementary School According to Gender in Japan

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rikuya Hosokawa ◽  
Toshiki Katsura
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Parenting Style ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Permissive Parenting

While ineffective discipline can be attributed to authoritarian and permissive parenting styles, little research has examined the role of gender in the association between parenting style and early childhood behavioral problems. Thus, this study aimed to clarify the effects of authoritarian and permissive parenting on children’s externalizing and internalizing behaviors during the preschool-to-elementary-school transition according to gender in Japan. A sample of 1668 Japanese children (853 boys and 815 girls) were followed longitudinally over one-year intervals, and assessed based on parenting styles (the Parenting Scale), children’s behavioral problems (the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire), and family characteristics. Multivariate analyses revealed that, when analyzed by gender, authoritarian discipline influenced externalizing problems in boys (β = 0.048, p = 0.047) and girls (β = 0.067, p = 0.023), while permissive discipline influenced externalizing problems in boys only (β = 0.049, p = 0.038). The results document the relationship between family processes and the development of disruptive behavior disorders in children. Support for parents employing such child-rearing styles in early childhood may be effective in reducing school maladjustment.

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