LINKS AMONG DYSREGULATION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD, SOCIAL INFORMATION PROCESSING AT AGE 8, AND PEER RELATIONS AT AGE 9
| Author(s) | Field, Nathan | |
| Date Accessioned | 2019-08-28T15:19:37Z | |
| Date Available | 2019-08-28T15:19:37Z | |
| Publication Date | 2019-05 | |
| Abstract | The goal of the current study was to examine relations between dysregulation in early childhood, social information processing at age eight, and peer relations at age nine. The sample included 93 Child Protective Services (CPS)-referred children. I hypothesized that dysregulation in early childhood would predict higher levels of maladaptive social information processing, and the expression of negative non-verbal behaviors with a same sex peer. I also hypothesized that social information processing would mediate the association between dysregulation in early childhood and nonverbal behaviors with peers. Dysregulation was assessed using the Disruptive Behavior Diagnostic Observation Schedule (DB-DOS), children’s social information processing patterns were assessed using the Social Information Processing Application (SIP-AP), and peer relations was assessed through play groups with 3-4 same sex peers. The percentage of time children spent disengaged, breaking rules, and making eye contact with a partner was coded. Early childhood dysregulation was associated with aggressive goals, rule breaking with a same-sex peer during a frustrating task, and disengagement with a same sex peer during a planning task. Aggressive responses were associated with rule breaking with a same-sex peer during a frustration task. Social information processing did not mediate the association between dysregulation and rule breaking with peers. Results further our understanding of the problematic long-term outcomes associated with dysregulation in early childhood and maladaptive social information processing. | en_US |
| Advisor | Mary Dozier, Ph.D. | |
| Program | Psychology | |
| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/24329 | |
| Publisher | University of Delaware | en_US |
| Keywords | Psychology, Dysregulation, Early childhood | en_US |
| Title | LINKS AMONG DYSREGULATION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD, SOCIAL INFORMATION PROCESSING AT AGE 8, AND PEER RELATIONS AT AGE 9 | en_US |
| Type | Thesis | en_US |