Maternal parenting behavior and functional connectivity development in children: A longitudinal fMRI study

E Pozzi; N Vijayakumar; ML Byrne; KO Bray; M Seal; S Richmond; A Zalesky; SL Whittle

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Maternal parenting behavior and functional connectivity development in children: A longitudinal fMRI study

E Pozzi, N Vijayakumar, ML Byrne, KO Bray, M Seal, S Richmond, A Zalesky, SL Whittle

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2021.100946

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Abstract

Parenting behavior is associated with internalizing symptoms in children, and cross-sectional research suggests that this association may be mediated by the influence of parenting on the development of frontoamygdala circuitry. However, longitudinal studies are lacking. Moreover, there is a paucity of studies that have investigated parenting and large-scale networks implicated in affective functioning. In this longitudinal study, data from 95 (52 female) children and their mothers were included. Children underwent magnetic resonance imaging that included a 6 min resting state sequence at wave 1 (mean age = 8.4 years) and wave 2 (mean age = 9.9 years). At wave 1, observational measures of pos..

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Elena Pozzi Author

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Marc L Seal Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

This study was funded by a Discovery Project grant from the Australian Research Council (ARC; DP130103551) . SW was supported by an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (ID: 1125504) . The Authors report no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.