Parental sensitivity, family alliance and infants' vagal tone: Influences of early family interactions on physiological emotion regulation.

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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Parental sensitivity, family alliance and infants' vagal tone: Influences of early family interactions on physiological emotion regulation.
Journal
Infant mental health journal
Author(s)
Rattaz V., Tissot H., Puglisi N., Razurel C., Epiney M., Favez N.
ISSN
1097-0355 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0163-9641
Publication state
Published
Issued date
11/2023
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
44
Number
6
Pages
741-751
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
In this study, we investigated the influence of parental sensitivity and family alliance on infants' vagal tone, considered as a physiological indicator of emotion regulation. Studies on mother-infant interactions have shown that vagal tone can be influenced by the quality of the interaction, such as interacting with a sensitive mother. To date, no study has investigated the influence of paternal sensitivity or family alliance on infants' vagal tone. We hypothesized that maternal sensitivity, paternal sensitivity, and family alliance would be associated with infants' vagal tone during dyadic and triadic interactions. We also explored if family alliance would act as a moderator on the association between parental sensitivity and vagal tone and if the sensitivity of both parents would act as a moderator on the association between family alliance and vagal tone. This study took place in Switzerland and included 82 families with their 3-4-month-old infants. Results showed that maternal sensitivity and family alliance were associated with infants' vagal tone, but paternal sensitivity was not. We found no significant moderation effect. However, result tendencies suggested that the contribution of paternal sensitivity to infants' emotion regulation could be influenced by family alliance, whereas maternal sensitivity and family alliance have a unique contribution.
Keywords
Female, Humans, Infant, Emotional Regulation, Mothers/psychology, Mother-Child Relations/psychology, Vagus Nerve/physiology, Switzerland, Elterliche Sensibilität, Herzfrequenzvariabilität, Sensibilité parentale, Säuglingsalter, emotion regulation, familiäre Interaktionen, family interactions, heart-rate variability, infancia, infancy, interacciones de familia, interactions familiales, parental sensitivity, petite enfance, physiologische Regulation, regulación fisiológica, régulation physiologique, sensibilidad paterna, vagal tone, variabilidad del ritmo cardíaco, variabilité de la fréquence cardiaque, حساسية الوالدين، التفاعلات الأسرية، التنظيم الفسيولوجي، الطفولة، تقلب معدل ضربات القلب, 婴儿期, 家庭互动, 心率变异性, 父母敏感性, 生理调节
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Web of science
Open Access
Yes
Funding(s)
Swiss National Science Foundation / 10531C_179442
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23/08/2023 13:09
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05/12/2023 7:05
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