ERIC Number: EJ1170917
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Publication Date: 2018-Mar
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Sensory Processing Sensitivity as a Marker of Differential Susceptibility to Parenting
Slagt, Meike; Dubas, Judith Semon; van Aken, Marcel A. G.; Ellis, Bruce J.; Dekovic, Maja
Developmental Psychology, v54 n3 p543-558 Mar 2018
In this longitudinal multiinformant study negative emotionality and sensory processing sensitivity were compared as susceptibility markers among kindergartners. Participating children (N = 264, 52.9% boys) were Dutch kindergartners (M[subscript age] = 4.77, SD = 0.60), followed across three waves, spaced seven months apart. Results show that associations between parenting and child behavior did not depend on children's negative emotionality. Sensory processing sensitivity, however, interacted with both (changes in) negative and (changes in) positive parenting in predicting externalizing, but not prosocial, behavior. Depending on the interaction, vantage sensitivity and differential susceptibility models were supported. The findings suggest that sensory processing sensitivity may be a more proximal correlate of individual differences in susceptibility, compared with negative emotionality.
Descriptors: Sensory Experience, Kindergarten, Young Children, Longitudinal Studies, Child Rearing, Child Behavior, Psychological Patterns, Antisocial Behavior, Prosocial Behavior, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Screening Tests, Behavior Problems, Personality
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Kindergarten
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
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