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- Title
Attention Biases to Threat Link Behavioral Inhibition to Social Withdrawal over Time in Very Young Children.
- Authors
Pérez-Edgar, Koraly; Reeb-Sutherland, Bethany C.; McDermott, Jennifer Martin; White, Lauren K.; Henderson, Heather A.; Degnan, Kathryn A.; Hane, Amie A.; Pine, Daniel S.; Fox, Nathan A.
- Abstract
Behaviorally inhibited children display a temperamental profile characterized by social withdrawal and anxious behaviors. Previous research, focused largely on adolescents, suggests that attention biases to threat may sustain high levels of behavioral inhibition (BI) over time, helping link early temperament to social outcomes. However, no prior studies examine the association between attention bias and BI before adolescence. The current study examined the interrelations among BI, attention biases to threat, and social withdrawal already manifest in early childhood. Children ( N = 187, 83 Male, M = 61.96 months) were characterized for BI in toddlerhood (24 & 36 months). At 5 years, they completed an attention bias task and concurrent social withdrawal was measured. As expected, BI in toddlerhood predicted high levels of social withdrawal in early childhood. However, this relation was moderated by attention bias. The BI-withdrawal association was only evident for children who displayed an attention bias toward threat. The data provide further support for models associating attention with socioemotional development and the later emergence of clinical anxiety.
- Subjects
TEMPERAMENT in children; ADOLESCENT psychopathology; ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder; CHILDREN with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; BEHAVIOR modification; THREATS; WITHDRAWAL (Psychology); ANXIETY in children; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2011, Vol 39, Issue 6, p885
- ISSN
0091-0627
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10802-011-9495-5