ArticleDevelopmental science2023
Sensitive caregiving and reward responsivity: A novel mechanism linking parenting and executive functions development in early childhood.
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- Home Parenting Environment and Executive Function Development in 5- to 6-Year-Old Children: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study Using Multivariate Latent Growth Modeling.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Differential Effects of In-person and Telehealth Implementation of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up on Parental Sensitivity and Intrusiveness.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Article
- SERES: La Paz Empieza en Casa-Evaluation of an Intervention Program to Reduce Corporal Punishment and Parenting Stress, and to Enhance Positive Parenting Among Colombian Parents.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- Linking caregiving quality during infancy to brain activity in early childhood and later executive function.Developmental science · 2024Article
- Parental stress and child stimulation practices: examining associations with child developmental outcomes over time in Kenya and Zambia.BMC psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Sensitive caregiving is an essential aspect of positive parenting that influences executive functions development, but the mechanisms underlying this association are less clear. Using data from the Family Life Project, a large prospective longitudinal sample of 1292 families residing in rural, predominately low-income communities, the current study examined whether sensitive caregiving impacts executive functions development by shaping behavioral reward processing systems in early postnatal life. Results indicated that higher levels of sensitive caregiving during infancy were associated with heightened reward responsivity at age 4, which in turn predicted superior executive functions ability at age 5. Notably, children's reward responsivity partially mediated the relationship between sensitive caregiving in infancy and executive functions ability at school entry. These findings add to prior work on early experience and children's executive functions and highlight caregiver scaffolding of developing reward processing systems as a potential foundational mechanism for supporting adaptive behavior and self-regulation across the lifespan.
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