Dawe-Lane, E;
Flouri, E;
(2023)
Parenting in the early years and self-harm in adolescence: The role of control and reward systems in childhood.
Journal of Affective Disorders
, 339
pp. 788-798.
10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.061.
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Abstract
Background: Research suggests that early parenting may contribute to the development of self-harm but this has not been examined longitudinally. In this study, we explored the relationship between early parenting and selfharm in adolescence and considered whether (1) emotion regulation and (2) decision-making in childhood mediate the relationship between early parenting and self-harm. // Method: Using longitudinal data from the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), we tested mediation models exploring the relationship between early parenting and self-harm in adolescence via emotion regulation and decisionmaking. Parenting was assessed at age 3 with measures of conflict, closeness and discipline. The trajectories of independence & self-regulation and emotional dysregulation were modelled from ages 3 to 7 years through latent growth curve analysis, with individual predicted slope and intercept values used in the mediation models. Decision-making (deliberation time, total time, delay aversion, quality of decision making, risk adjustment, risktaking) was assessed using the Cambridge Gambling Task (CGT) at age 11. // Results: In our sample (n = 11,145), we found no evidence of a direct association between early parenting and self-harm in adolescence. However, there were indirect effects of parenting (conflict and closeness) on self-harm via the slope of emotional dysregulation. Furthermore, delay aversion was positively associated with self-harm in adolescence. // Limitations: It must be acknowledged that we cannot determine causality and that self-report measures of parenting are vulnerable to several biases. // Conclusion: The findings support early identification and interventions for children exhibiting chronic emotional dysregulation and decision-making characterised by a bias for smaller, immediate over larger, delayed rewards.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Parenting in the early years and self-harm in adolescence: The role of control and reward systems in childhood |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.061 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.061 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Self-harm; Parenting; Emotion regulation; Decision-making; Reward processing |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Psychology and Human Development |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10174194 |
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