A Longitudinal Investigation of Predictors of the Association Between Age 3 and Age 6 Behavioural Inhibition.

Authors

Victoria C Johnson, Western University
Thomas M Olino, Temple University
Daniel N Klein, Stony Brook University
Margaret W Dyson, Stony Brook University
Sara J Bufferd, Child and Adolescent Services Research Center at University of California; California State University, San Marcos
C Emily Durbin, Michigan State University
Lea R Dougherty, University of Maryland
Elizabeth P Hayden, Western UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-1-2016

Journal

Journal of research in personality

Volume

63

First Page

51

Last Page

61

URL with Digital Object Identifier

10.1016/j.jrp.2016.04.008

Abstract

Children who exhibit elevated levels of the temperament trait behavioural inhibition (BI) across time may be at greatest risk for anxiety. However, little research has investigated the influence of other temperamental traits, particularly positive emotionality (PE), on the continuity of BI in childhood, nor whether parental overprotection influences associations between early and later child BI. To explore whether PE and overprotection shape associations between early and later BI, this longitudinal study of three-year-olds (