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Fischer, M. S., Loiselle, R., Weber, D. M., Highlander, A., McCall, M., Cain, G., Forehand, R., & Jones, D. J. (in press). Parent-child emotion dynamics in families presenting for BPT: Is there a link with child behavior, parenting, and treatment outcome? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
Objective: Behavioral Parent Training (BPT) is the standard of care for early-onset behavior disorders (BDs), however, not all families benefit. Emotion regulation (ER) is one potential mechanism underlying BPT outcomes, yet there are challenges in capturing intra- and interpersonal aspects of ER within parent-child interactions that are central to BPT. This study examined how vocally encoded emotional arousal unfolds during parent-child interactions and how parents and children influence each other's arousal (Aim 1), the links between these emotion dynamics, child behavior, and parenting at baseline (Aim 2), and BPT outcome (Aim 3). Method: Families of children with BDs (N = 45) completed two interaction tasks and measures of parenting and child behavior. Parent-child dynamics of vocal fundamental frequency (f0) were modeled using actor-partner interdependence models (APIMs) and coupled linear oscillators (CLOs). Results: When considering relative levels of f0 from one talk turn to the next (APIMs), parents and children showed intrapersonal regulation and synchronizing reactivity to each other’s f0. When considering the shape of oscillations (CLOs), parents and children showed intrapersonal regulation but no reactivity. Intrapersonal regulation of f0 during the interaction was slowed for parents with more maladaptive parenting and children with more behavior problems at baseline. Conclusions: This preliminary characterization of f0 in families presenting for BPT provides insights into the emotion dynamics potentially underlying parenting behavior and child behavior.
van Stein, K. R., Kleinn, N., Randall, A. K., Lannutti, P. J., Gandhi, Y., Martos, T., Meuwly, N., Rosta-Filep, O., Siegel, M., Ditzen, B., Fischer, M. S. (in press). Internalisierte Transnegativität, Resilienzfaktoren und psychische Gesundheit in einer Stichprobe geschlechtlicher Minderheiten in Deutschland und der Schweiz. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie. https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1026/1616-3443/a000730