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Intergenerational transmission of emotion dysregulation: Part II. Developmental origins of newborn neurobehavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2019

Brendan D. Ostlund ,
Robert D. Vlisides-Henry ,
Sheila E. Crowell ,
K. Lee Raby ,
Sarah Terrell ,
Mindy A. Brown ,
Ruben Tinajero ,
Nila Shakiba ,
Catherine Monk  and
Julie H. Shakib
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Brendan D. Ostlund
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Robert D. Vlisides-Henry
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Sheila E. Crowell
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
K. Lee Raby
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Sarah Terrell
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Mindy A. Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Ruben Tinajero
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Nila Shakiba
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Catherine Monk
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Julie H. Shakib
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Karen F. Buchi
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Elisabeth Conradt*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Author for Correspondence: Elisabeth Conradt, Department of Psychology, University of Utah, 380 South 1530 East, Behavioral Sciences 502, Salt Lake City, UT 84112; E-mail: elisabeth.conradt@psych.utah.edu.
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Abstract

We investigated whether neurobehavioral markers of risk for emotion dysregulation were evident among newborns, as well as whether the identified markers were associated with prenatal exposure to maternal emotion dysregulation. Pregnant women (N = 162) reported on their emotion dysregulation prior to a laboratory assessment. The women were then invited to the laboratory to assess baseline respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) and RSA in response to an infant cry. Newborns were assessed after birth via the NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale. We identified two newborn neurobehavioral factors—arousal and attention—via exploratory factor analysis. Low arousal was characterized by less irritability, excitability, and motor agitation, while low attention was related to a lower threshold for auditory and visual stimulation, less sustained attention, and poorer visual tracking abilities. Pregnant women who reported higher levels of emotion dysregulation had newborns with low arousal levels and less attention. Larger decreases in maternal RSA in response to cry were also related to lower newborn arousal. We provide the first evidence that a woman's emotion dysregulation while pregnant is associated with risks for dysregulation in her newborn. Implications for intergenerational transmission of emotion dysregulation are discussed.

Keywords

developmental originsemotion dysregulationnewborn neurobehaviorResearch Domain Criteria (RDoC)respiratory sinus arrhythmia
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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 31 , Special Issue 3: Emotion Dysregulation and Emerging Psychopathology , August 2019 , pp. 833 - 846
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