| Title: |
The N2 during Preschool: Temporal Stability and a Test of Bidirectional Effects with Maternal Emotion Characteristics in a White, European-American Sample |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Anahid Akbaryan; Reese C. Burkey; Peter J. Ramirez; Ashley L. Walker; JungWon Choi; Sejal Mistry-Patel; Jennifer L. Kling; Rebecca J. Brooker (ORCID 0000-0003-0098-0961) |
| Source: |
Child Development. 2025 96(5):1825-1838. |
| Availability: |
Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
14 |
| Publication Date: |
2025 |
| Sponsoring Agency: |
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (DHHS/NIH); National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) (DHHS/NIH) |
| Contract Number: |
K01MH100240; R01MH113669 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: |
Preschool Children; Behavior Development; Inhibition; Mothers; Psychological Patterns; Whites; Child Behavior; Parent Child Relationship; Child Development |
| Geographic Terms: |
Montana |
| DOI: |
10.1111/cdev.70004 |
| ISSN: |
0009-3920; 1467-8624 |
| Abstract: |
Despite well-documented behavioral changes, the development of neuropsychological substrates underlying inhibitory control remains unknown, hindering understanding of this construct over time. Stability and change in N2, a neural correlate of inhibitory control, and its crosslagged, bidirectional associations with maternal emotion characteristics were examined in 121 preschoolers (59% female, predominantly White) between 2014 and 2017. N2 was stable from 3 to 5 years of age. Greater maternal negativity at age 4 predicted smaller N2 amplitudes in preschoolers at age 5 ([beta] = 0.22); preschoolers' N2 amplitudes did not predict subsequent emotion characteristics in mothers. Findings provide initial evidence for mother-to-child, but not child-to-mother effects linking N2 with mothers' emotion characteristics and a foundation for future longitudinal work on developing neural correlates of inhibitory control in preschoolers. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Notes: |
https://osf.io/wavrp/?view_only=9210cace008c4bd1b19956bce1ed32be |
| Entry Date: |
2025 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1481824 |
| Database: |
ERIC |