Recent research in clinical and developmental psychology has focused on the processes that lead to childhood adjustment problems. This research demonstrates that many adjustment problems of childhood are characterized by failures of self-regulation. Difficulties in the regulation of arousal and behavior are related to specific disorders of childhood, including attention deficit disorder and conduct problems, and related problems in family relationships, social competence, and school performance. Recent work by the Principal Investigator demonstrates that the construct of self-regulation may be usefully studied using a multi-component approach that specifies discrete levels of self-regulation (physiological, attentional, emotional, behavioral, and cognitive). Longitudinal research that the Principal Investigator has been conducting over the last ten years, following several cohorts of infants and children, has utilized this multi-component approach. The K02 award period will be used to continue work on the role of self-regulatory process in early childhood behavior disorders and to expand the Principal Investigator 's expertise in 4 core areas that will contribute to the elaboration of this model of self-regulation and developmental psychopathology.
The specific aims are to: (1) further examine sub-domains of self-regulation, with specific emphasis on the cognitive skills that are characteristic of infants and children; (2) understand the possible genetic and biological contributions to self-regulation and developmental psychopathology, particularly in the context of specific rearing environments; (3) examine environmental effects on trajectories of self-regulation, particularly family processes and marital functioning; and (4) acquire skills that would facilitate the longitudinal analyses of trajectories of self-regulation and behavior problems of childhood. The goal of this award will be to initiate work on a new longitudinal study of infant and child psychopathology. This study will focus on genetic, biological, and contextual risks that affect the development of core.regulatory processes in the context of family conflict and.violence.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Type
Research Scientist Development Award - Research (K02)
Project #
5K02MH074077-04
Application #
7368015
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-RPHB-H (05))
Program Officer
Sarampote, Christopher S
Project Start
2005-03-01
Project End
2010-02-28
Budget Start
2008-03-01
Budget End
2009-02-28
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
2008
Total Cost
$119,014
Indirect Cost
Name
University of North Carolina Greensboro
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
616152567
City
Greensboro
State
NC
Country
United States
Zip Code
27402
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Perry, Nicole B; Dollar, Jessica M; Calkins, Susan D et al. (2018) Childhood self-regulation as a mechanism through which early overcontrolling parenting is associated with adjustment in preadolescence. Dev Psychol 54:1542-1554
Graziano, P A; Kelleher, R; Calkins, S D et al. (2013) Predicting weight outcomes in preadolescence: the role of toddlers' self-regulation skills and the temperament dimension of pleasure. Int J Obes (Lond) 37:937-42
Calkins, Susan D (2011) Biopsychosocial Models and the Study of Family Processes and Child Adjustment. J Marriage Fam 73:817-821
Blandon, Alysia Y; Calkins, Susan D; Keane, Susan P (2010) Predicting emotional and social competence during early childhood from toddler risk and maternal behavior. Dev Psychopathol 22:119-32
Topor, David R; Keane, Susan P; Shelton, Terri L et al. (2010) Parent involvement and student academic performance: a multiple mediational analysis. J Prev Interv Community 38:183-97
Calkins, Susan D (2010) Psychobiological models of adolescent risk: implications for prevention and intervention. Dev Psychobiol 52:213-5
Blandon, Alysia Y; Calkins, Susan D; Keane, Susan P et al. (2010) Contributions of child's physiology and maternal behavior to children's trajectories of temperamental reactivity. Dev Psychol 46:1089-102
Graziano, P A; Keane, S P; Calkins, S D (2010) Maternal Behavior and Children's Early Emotion Regulation Skills Differentially Predict Development of Children's Reactive Control and Later Effortful Control. Infant Child Dev 19:333-353
Calkins, Susan D; Keane, Susan P (2009) Developmental origins of early antisocial behavior. Dev Psychopathol 21:1095-109

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