Getting to the Heart of Personality in Early Childhood: Cardiac Electrophysiology and Stability of Temperament

Journal of Research in Personality
Mengjiao LiMartha Ann Bell

Abstract

Can detection of highly stable individual differences in temperament in early childhood be enhanced using measures of resting heart rate (HR) and respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA)? The current longitudinal study (N= 216, 50% female; two to four years old) tested the statistical moderating effects of longitudinal change in resting HR and RSA on stability of mother-rated temperament. Children with the smallest decreases in resting HR and smallest increases in resting RSA had the most stable individual differences in effortful control. In contrast, those with the largest increases in resting RSA had the most stable individual differences in surgency. Including information on HR and RSA can be useful, though the effects depend on the trait and physiological indicator in question.

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Oct 19, 2019·Child Psychiatry and Human Development·Noelia Sánchez-PérezCarmen González-Salinas

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