Biological timing mechanisms with special emphasis on the parental behavior of doves.

Abstract Temperamental behavioral inhibition (BI) is a robust endophenotype for anxiety characterized by increased sensitivity to novelty. Controlling parenting can reinforce children's wariness by rewarding signs of distress. Fine-grained, dynamic measures are needed to better understand both how children perceive their parent's behaviors and the mechanisms supporting evident relations between parenting and socioemotional functioning. The current study examined dyadic attractor patterns (average mean durations) with state space grids, using children's attention patterns (captured via mobile eye tracking) and parental behavior (positive reinforcement, teaching, directives, intrusion), as functions of child BI and parent anxiety. Forty 5- to 7-year-old children and their primary caregivers completed a set of challenging puzzles, during which the child wore a head-mounted eye tracker. Child BI was positively correlated with proportion of parent's time spent teaching. Child age was negatively related, and parent anxiety level was positively related, to parent-focused/controlling parenting attractor strength. There was a significant interaction between parent anxiety level and child age predicting parent-focused/controlling parenting attractor strength. This study is a first step to examining the co-occurrence of parenting behavior and child attention in the context of child BI and parental anxiety levels.

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Punitive discipline and child behavior problems in Chinese-American immigrant families: The moderating effects of indigenous child-rearing ideologies

International Journal of Behavioral Development ◽

10.1177/0165025409343749 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 33 (6) ◽

pp. 520-530 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Joey J. Fung ◽

Anna S. Lau

Keyword(s):

Behavior Problems ◽

Child Behavior ◽

Cultural Context ◽

Parental Behavior ◽

Immigrant Families ◽

Child Behavior Problems ◽

Child Rearing ◽

Hierarchical Regression ◽

Immigrant Parents ◽

Punitive Discipline

In a sample of 107 Chinese immigrant families we examined whether cultural child-rearing beliefs moderated the association between parents’ use of punitive discipline and children’s behavioral adjustment. Immigrant parents and their children aged 7 to 17 years completed measures of parental discipline and child behavior problems. Parents also reported on indigenous Chinese child-rearing ideologies regarding shaming and training as strategies for raising competent and moral children. Results of hierarchical regression models conducted with parent-reported data indicated that the negative effects of punitive discipline on child behavior problems were not apparent when parents adhered to training and shaming ideologies. However, the buffering effects of training ideologies were more robust and consistent than shaming. The findings provide some evidence that the discipline—behavior problem link may be moderated by cultural context of caregiver psychology which shapes the meaning and implications of parental behavior.

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A Scientometric Approach to Review the Role of the Medial Preoptic Area (MPOA) in Parental Behavior

Brain Sciences ◽

10.3390/brainsci11030393 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 393

Author(s):

Alessandro Carollo ◽

Jan Paolo Macapinlac Balagtas ◽

Michelle Jin-Yee Neoh ◽

Gianluca Esposito

Keyword(s):

Preoptic Area ◽

Parental Behavior ◽

Neural Substrates ◽

Medial Preoptic Area ◽

Brain Network ◽

Scientometric Analysis ◽

Parental Behaviour ◽

Scientific Papers ◽

The Relationship

Research investigating the neural substrates underpinning parental behaviour has recently gained momentum. Particularly, the hypothalamic medial preoptic area (MPOA) has been identified as a crucial region for parenting. The current study conducted a scientometric analysis of publications from 1 January 1972 to 19 January 2021 using CiteSpace software to determine trends in the scientific literature exploring the relationship between MPOA and parental behaviour. In total, 677 scientific papers were analysed, producing a network of 1509 nodes and 5498 links. Four major clusters were identified: “C-Fos Expression”, “Lactating Rat”, “Medial Preoptic Area Interaction” and “Parental Behavior”. Their content suggests an initial trend in which the properties of the MPOA in response to parental behavior were studied, followed by a growing attention towards the presence of a brain network, including the reward circuits, regulating such behavior. Furthermore, while attention was initially directed uniquely to maternal behavior, it has recently been extended to the understanding of paternal behaviors as well. Finally, although the majority of the studies were conducted on rodents, recent publications broaden the implications of previous documents to human parental behavior, giving insight into the mechanisms underlying postpartum depression. Potential directions in future works were also discussed.

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Parental Behavior in Birds. Rae Silver

Physiological Zoology ◽

10.1086/physzool.52.3.30155761 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 52 (3) ◽

pp. 409-410

Author(s):

S. Charles Kendeigh

Keyword(s):

Parental Behavior

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The Biology of Vasopressin

Biomedicines ◽

10.3390/biomedicines9010089 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 89

Author(s):

Samantha Sparapani ◽

Cassandra Millet-Boureima ◽

Joshua Oliver ◽

Kathy Mu ◽

Pegah Hadavi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Parental Behavior ◽

Cell Types ◽

G Protein Coupled Receptors ◽

Receptor Expression ◽

Evolutionarily Conserved ◽

Terrestrial Environments ◽

Intracellular Vesicles ◽

G Protein Coupled ◽

Neuropsychiatric Conditions ◽

Vasopressin Synthesis

Vasopressins are evolutionarily conserved peptide hormones. Mammalian vasopressin functions systemically as an antidiuretic and regulator of blood and cardiac flow essential for adapting to terrestrial environments. Moreover, vasopressin acts centrally as a neurohormone involved in social and parental behavior and stress response. Vasopressin synthesis in several cell types, storage in intracellular vesicles, and release in response to physiological stimuli are highly regulated and mediated by three distinct G protein coupled receptors. Other receptors may bind or cross-bind vasopressin. Vasopressin is regulated spatially and temporally through transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms, sex, tissue, and cell-specific receptor expression. Anomalies of vasopressin signaling have been observed in polycystic kidney disease, chronic heart failure, and neuropsychiatric conditions. Growing knowledge of the central biological roles of vasopressin has enabled pharmacological advances to treat these conditions by targeting defective systemic or central pathways utilizing specific agonists and antagonists.

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