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McElwain, Nancy L. Emery, Helen 2013-02-03T19:35:55Z 2013-02-03T19:35:55Z 2012-12 2013-02-03T19:35:55Z 2012-12 The present study investigated maternal dispositional empathy and skin conductance level (SCL) reactivity in response to infant emotional cues as joint predictors of maternal sensitive behavior with their toddler-aged children. Sixty-four mother-toddler dyads (31 boys) were observed during a series of interaction tasks during a laboratory visit, and maternal sensitivity was assessed from approximately 55 minutes of observation per family. Maternal SCL reactivity to infant cues using a cry-laugh audio paradigm (Groh & Roisman, 2009) was assessed in a second mother-only laboratory visit. Mothers reported on their dispositional empathy via a questionnaire. Greater dispositional empathy was related to greater sensitivity at low, but not high, levels of SCL reactivity. Parallel analyses examining self-reported negative emotion during the cry-laugh paradigm as the moderator further supported the finding that dispositional empathy emerged as a significant predictor of sensitivity when mothers’ experienced low, rather than high, reactivity. Results are discussed in terms of specificity to type of sensitivity (distress and non-distress) and by reactivity measure. Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2012-12-10T18:35:49Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 2 Emery_Helen.docx: 133055 bytes, checksum: 100a4182faccdcb629c41fe57b8a5888 (MD5) Emery_Helen.pdf: 496201 bytes, checksum: 1532de188daf5c0b740d6112959299c0 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2013-02-03T19:35:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 Helen_Emery.pdf: 496201 bytes, checksum: 1532de188daf5c0b740d6112959299c0 (MD5) Emery_Helen.docx: 133055 bytes, checksum: 100a4182faccdcb629c41fe57b8a5888 (MD5) license.txt: 4060 bytes, checksum: 48994d3bdb96a4d008d7bda4b80a7f8a (MD5) http://hdl.handle.net/2142/42344 en Copyright 2012 Helen Emery Maternal sensitivity sensitive parenting toddler-aged children Dispositional empathy parental empathy skin conductance reactivity physiological reactivity to infant cues reactivity to infant cues Dispositional empathy and physiological reactivity: joint contributions to maternal sensitivity with toddler-aged children text Human & Community Development 1793 Human & Community Development 0183 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.S. PHD:Human& Commnty Devel -UIUC 10KS0183PHD