Categorical and Latent Profile Approaches to Temperamental Infant Reactivity and Early Trajectories of Socioemotional Adjustment
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| Title: | Categorical and Latent Profile Approaches to Temperamental Infant Reactivity and Early Trajectories of Socioemotional Adjustment |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Berenice Anaya, Laura Bierstedt, Nora Tucker, Kristin A. Buss, Vanessa LoBue, Koraly Pérez-Edgar (ORCID |
| Source: | Developmental Psychology. 2024 60(11):2071-2083. |
| Availability: | American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 13 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (DHHS/NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) (DHHS/NIH) |
| Contract Number: | R01MH109692 F99K00NS120411 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Infants, Infant Behavior, Personality Traits, Sensory Experience, Identification, Early Intervention, Well Being, Child Behavior, Child Development, Emotional Development, Growth Models |
| DOI: | 10.1037/dev0001679 |
| ISSN: | 0012-1649 1939-0599 |
| Abstract: | This article examines the patterns, and consequences, of infant temperamental reactivity to novel sensory input in a large (N = 357; 271 in current analysis) and diverse longitudinal sample through two approaches. First, we examined profiles of reactivity in 4-month-old infants using the traditional theory-driven analytic approach laid out by Jerome Kagan and colleagues, and derived groups characterized by extreme patterns of negative reactivity and positive reactivity. We then used a theory-neutral, data-driven approach to create latent profiles of reactivity from the same infants. Despite differences in sample characteristics and recruitment strategy, we noted similar reactivity groups relative to prior cohorts. The current data-driven approach found four profiles: high positive, high negative, high motor, and low reactive. Follow-up analyses found differential predictions of internalizing, externalizing, dysregulation, and competence trajectories across 12, 18, and 24 months of life based on 4-month reactivity profiles. Findings are discussed in light of the initial formulation of early reactivity by Kagan and the four decades of research that has followed to refine, bolster, and expand on this approach to child-centered individual differences. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1501015 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This article examines the patterns, and consequences, of infant temperamental reactivity to novel sensory input in a large (N = 357; 271 in current analysis) and diverse longitudinal sample through two approaches. First, we examined profiles of reactivity in 4-month-old infants using the traditional theory-driven analytic approach laid out by Jerome Kagan and colleagues, and derived groups characterized by extreme patterns of negative reactivity and positive reactivity. We then used a theory-neutral, data-driven approach to create latent profiles of reactivity from the same infants. Despite differences in sample characteristics and recruitment strategy, we noted similar reactivity groups relative to prior cohorts. The current data-driven approach found four profiles: high positive, high negative, high motor, and low reactive. Follow-up analyses found differential predictions of internalizing, externalizing, dysregulation, and competence trajectories across 12, 18, and 24 months of life based on 4-month reactivity profiles. Findings are discussed in light of the initial formulation of early reactivity by Kagan and the four decades of research that has followed to refine, bolster, and expand on this approach to child-centered individual differences. |
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| ISSN: | 0012-1649 1939-0599 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/dev0001679 |
