Variable- and person-centered approaches to examining temperament vulnerability and resilience to the effects of contextual risk |
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Affiliation: | 1. Süleyman Demirel University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry;2. Erenköy Psychiatry Education and Research Hospital;1. Department of Social Sciences, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.140, 3508 TC Utrecht, the Netherlands;2. Department of Methodology and Statistics, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.140, 3508 TC Utrecht, the Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Using both variable- and person-centered approaches, this study examined the role of temperament in relation to children’s vulnerable or resilient responses to cumulative risk. Observed reactivity and regulation dimensions of temperament were tested as mediating and moderating the relation between family cumulative risk and teacher-reported adjustment problems in a sample of 259 preschool-age children. Further, latent profile analyses were used to examine whether profiles of temperament, accounting for multiple characteristics simultaneously, provided additional information about the role of temperament in children’s responses to risk. Results support a diathesis-stress model in which high frustration, low fear, and low delay ability confer particular vulnerability for children in high-risk contexts. Benefits of multiple approaches are highlighted. |
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Keywords: | Temperament Vulnerable Resilient Contextual risk Preschool-age children |
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