APS
2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024
The Impact of Intergenerational Trauma on Children’s Executive Functioning Development: The Moderating Role of Resting Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia
- Elisabeth McLane
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs - Michael Coccia
University of California, San Francisco - Nicole Bush
University of California, San Francisco - Kristen Rudd
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Abstract
The current study examined the intergenerational effect of mother’s stress exposure on children’s executive functioning development. We found evidence that pregnancy stressful life events impact children’s executive functioning development and that respiratory sinus arrhythmia may serve as a sensitivity factor.
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