The interplay of maternal sensitivity and infant temperament and attention in predicting toddlers' executive function: A two-year longitudinal study

Abstract Background We aimed to examine the effect of physical activity on different cognitive domains among patients with diabetes. Methods We used two waves of data from the Chinese Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS, 2013–2015), a nationally representative dataset of Chinese population aged over 45. Total physical activity scores were calculated based on the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). Executive function and episodic memory were used as measures of cognitive function. We conducted lagged dependent variable models to explore the association between physical activity and cognitive function in full sample as well as two different age groups (45–65, ≥65). Results: 862 diabetic patients were included. We found that diabetic participants who had greater level of physical activity at baseline were associated with better episodic memory function in 2 years (p < 0.05). Moreover, physical activity was significantly associated with less decline in episodic memory in fully adjusted models, and the associations were stronger among patients aged 45–65 years (p < 0.05). No statistically significant association was found between physical activity and executive function in all age groups. Conclusions Physical activity may prevent some of the potential decline in episodic memory in diabetic patients. Clinicians and public health departments should strengthen the promotion of physical activity and develop early screening tools among diabetic participants to prevent the progression of cognitive impairment.

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Reciprocal relation between executive function and receptive vocabulary in Chinese preschoolers: Evidence from a two-year longitudinal study.

Developmental Psychology ◽

10.1037/dev0000996 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Xiaopei Xing ◽

Yutong Wei ◽

Meifang Wang

Keyword(s):

Executive Function ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Receptive Vocabulary ◽

Reciprocal Relation

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Mapping early environment using communication deviance: A longitudinal study of maternal sensitivity toward 6-month-old children

Development and Psychopathology ◽

10.1017/s0954579418001189 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (04) ◽

pp. 1501-1511

Author(s):

Paulo de Sousa ◽

William Sellwood ◽

Kirsten Fien ◽

Helen Sharp ◽

Andrew Pickles ◽

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Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Intergenerational Transmission ◽

Early Development ◽

Maternal Age ◽

Maternal Sensitivity ◽

Focus Of Attention ◽

Parental Behaviors ◽

Early Environment ◽

Infant Distress ◽

Communication Deviance

AbstractCommunication deviance (CD) reflects features of the content or manner of a person's speech that may confuse the listener and inhibit the establishment of a shared focus of attention. The construct was developed in the context of the study of familial risks for psychosis based on hypotheses regarding its effects during childhood. It is not known whether parental CD is associated with nonverbal parental behaviors that may be important in early development. This study explored the association between CD in a cohort of mothers (n = 287) at 32 weeks gestation and maternal sensitivity with infants at 29 weeks in a standard play procedure. Maternal CD predicted lower overall maternal sensitivity (B = –.385; p < .001), and the effect was somewhat greater for sensitivity to infant distress (B = –.514; p < .001) than for sensitivity to nondistress (B = –.311; p < .01). After controlling for maternal age, IQ and depression, and for socioeconomic deprivation, the associations with overall sensitivity and sensitivity to distress remained significant. The findings provide new pointers to intergenerational transmission of vulnerability involving processes implicated in both verbal and nonverbal parental behaviors.

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Maternal sensitivity as a moderator of the relation between maternal maltreatment history and child executive function

10.32920/ryerson.14662560.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Arielle Dryer

Keyword(s):

Executive Function ◽

Child Outcomes ◽

Maternal Sensitivity ◽

Self Report ◽

Negatively Associated ◽

Child Age

Parenting is linked to child executive function, however support for this association is inconsistent. Further, little research has addressed the link between maternal maltreatment history and child executive function, despite findings that maternal maltreatment history is associated with child outcomes linked to executive function. I hypothesised that maternal sensitivity moderates the association between maternal maltreatment history and child executive function, such that maltreatment history is negatively associated with executive function for less sensitive mothers. Maternal maltreatment history was assessed via self-report at child age 3 months. Maternal sensitivity was assessed observationally at child age 8 months and child executive function was assessed using performance-based measures at child age 3 years. Results indicate that higher maternal maltreatment history is negatively associated with child executive function, only when mothers are relatively insensitive. Results elucidate mixed findings on parenting and child executive function by introducing a model that accounts for past maternal experiences.

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Maternal sensitivity and the stability of infant temperament

Infant Behavior and Development ◽

10.1016/s0163-6383(96)90510-x ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 19 ◽

pp. 456

Author(s):

Maureen J. Fitzpatrick ◽

Wendy A. Goldberg ◽

Alison Clarke-Stewart

Keyword(s):

Maternal Sensitivity ◽

Infant Temperament ◽

The Stability

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Effects of tennis play on executive function in 6–11-year-old children: a 12-month longitudinal study

European Journal of Sport Science ◽

10.1080/17461391.2018.1444792 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (5) ◽

pp. 741-752 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Toru Ishihara ◽

Masao Mizuno

Keyword(s):

Executive Function ◽

Longitudinal Study

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Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Later Life Cognition: Evidence From the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study

Journal of Aging and Health ◽

10.1177/0898264318783489 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (9) ◽

pp. 1589-1615 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Emily A. Greenfield ◽

Sara M. Moorman

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Executive Function ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Household Income ◽

Statistical Significance ◽

Occupational Status ◽

Later Life ◽

Socioeconomic Differences ◽

Wisconsin Longitudinal Study ◽

Childhood Socioeconomic Status

Objectives:This study examined childhood socioeconomic status (SES) as a predictor of later life cognition and the extent to which midlife SES accounts for associations. Methods: Data came from 5,074 participants in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. Measures from adolescence included parents’ educational attainment, father’s occupational status, and household income. Memory and language/executive function were assessed at ages 65 and 72 years. Results: Global childhood SES was a stronger predictor of baseline levels of language/executive function than baseline memory. Associations involving parents’ education were reduced in size and by statistical significance when accounting for participants’ midlife SES, whereas associations involving parental income and occupational status became statistically nonsignificant. We found no associations between childhood SES and change in cognition. Discussion: Findings contribute to growing evidence that socioeconomic differences in childhood have potential consequences for later life cognition, particularly in terms of the disparate levels of cognition with which people enter later life.

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