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Title: Differential Effects of Stress Exposures, Caregiving Quality, and Temperament in Early Life on Working Memory versus Inhibitory Control in Preschool-Aged Children.

Authors: Bosquet Enlow, Michelle; Petty, Carter R; Svelnys, Cassandra; Gusman, Michaela; Huezo, Michelle; Malin, Ashley; Wright, Rosalind J

Published In Dev Neuropsychol, (2019 07)

Abstract: We examined the roles of maternal and child lifetime stress exposures, infant temperament (orienting/regulation, surgency/extraversion), and maternal caregiving during infancy and preschool on preschoolers' working memory and inhibitory control in a sociodemographically diverse pregnancy cohort. Working memory was predicted by infant orienting/regulation, with differential effects by the level of maternal cognitive support in infancy; maternal lifetime stress exposures exerted independent negative effects on working memory. Inhibitory control was positively associated with maternal emotionally supportive behaviors in infancy, which mediated the effects of maternal lifetime stress exposures on inhibitory control. These findings have implications for interventions designed to optimize child executive functioning.

PubMed ID: 31059292 Exiting the NIEHS site

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