Abstract
This study examined links between aspects of parenting behavior and children's cortisol and whether those links varied by child behavioral problems and ethnicity. Participants included children ages 9–15 (N = 159, 75% Latinx) and their primary caregivers from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (L.A.FANS; Wave 2). Children provided saliva upon waking, 30 min after waking, and at bedtime which was analyzed for cortisol. Analyses revealed associations between parenting behavior and cortisol were greater among children who had behavioral problems and these associations were stronger among non-Latinx White children compared to Latinx children. This study moves beyond the current literature by investigating these important associations in a predominately Latinx urban sample of children.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | e22263 |
| Journal | Developmental Psychobiology |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - May 2022 |
Funding
This research is based on data from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey, which was funded by grants R01 HD035944 and R01 HD049865 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and grant R01 ES013907 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California. For further information on L.A.FANS, go to lasurvey.rand.org.
Keywords
- behavioral problems
- cortisol
- ethnicity
- parenting
- parent–child relationship
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Developmental Neuroscience
- Developmental Biology
- Behavioral Neuroscience