Second-by-second infant and mother emotion regulation and coregulation processes

• Published in: Development and psychopathology Vol. 34; no. 5; pp. 1887 - 1900
• Main Authors: Somers, Jennifer A., Luecken, Linda J., McNeish, Daniel, Lemery-Chalfant, Kathryn, Spinrad, Tracy L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.12.2022
• Subjects: Affect (Psychology); Arrhythmia; Babies; Behavior; Children & youth; Emotional regulation; Emotions; Equilibrium; Feedback; Homeostasis; Infants; Low income groups; Minority & ethnic groups; Mothers; Nervous system; Regular Article; Stress; Vagus nerve; United States > US; Mother × Infant interaction; vagal functioning; emotion regulation

Context-appropriate infant physiological functioning may support emotion regulation and mother–infant emotion coregulation. Among a sample of 210 low-income Mexican-origin mothers and their 24-week-old infants, dynamic structural equation modeling (DSEM) was used to examine whether within-infant vag...