The pathway to maternal protective parenting behavior: Maternal physiology, child temperament, and maternal beliefs.

Protective parenting, when enacted in contexts that do not require it, predicts child anxiety. Both child (e.g.

Parenting as a Moderator of the Relation Between Child Inhibited Temperament and Anxiety in Western Contexts: A Systematic Review.

The literature on the role of parenting in the relation between child inhibited temperament and child anxiety is inconsistent, with some literature supporting a moderating role and some literature supporting alternative (e.g., mediating) roles.

Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia, Effortful Control, and Child Social Anxiety Symptoms.

Emotion dysregulation is implicated in child social anxiety and its etiology. Child emotion dysregulation has been studied via physiological indicators (e.g.

Transactional relations between maternal anxiety and toddler anxiety risk through toddler-solicited comforting behavior.

Introduction: Transactional developmental and anxiety theories suggest that mothers and toddlers may influence each other's anxiety development across early childhood. Further, toddlers' successful solicitations of comfort during uncertain, yet manageable, situations, may be a behavioral mechanism by which mothers and toddlers impact each other over time. To test these ideas, the current study employed a longitudinal design to investigate bidirectional relations between maternal anxiety and toddler anxiety risk (observed inhibited temperament and mother-perceived anxiety, analyzed separately), through the mediating role of toddler-solicited maternal comforting behavior, across toddlerhood.

Whole Blood Serotonin Levels and Platelet 5-HT Binding in Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Elevated whole blood serotonin (WB5-HT) is a well-replicated biomarker in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Decreased platelet serotonin receptor 5-HT binding has been reported in ASD. WB5-HT levels and platelet 5-HT specific binding were obtained from 110 individuals with ASD and 18 controls.