Blar i Regionalt kunnskapssenter for barn og unge - Psykisk helse og barnevern på forfatter "Belsky, Jay"
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Catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met genotype moderates the effect of disorganized attachment on social development in young children
Hygen, Beate Wold; Guzey, Ismail Cuneyt; Belsky, Jay; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne; Wichstrøm, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Children with histories of disorganized attachment exhibit diverse problems, possibly because disorganization takes at least two distinctive forms as children age: controlling–punitive and controlling–caregiving. This ... -
Child exposure to serious life events, COMT, and aggression: Testing differential susceptibility theory
Hygen, Beate Wold; Belsky, Jay; Stenseng, Frode; Lydersen, Stian; Guzey, Ismail Cuneyt; Wichstrøm, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Both genetic and environmental factors contribute to individual differences in aggression. Catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met (COMT), a common, functional polymorphism, has been implicated in aggression and aggression ... -
Disorganization, COMT, and children's social behavior: The norwegian hypothesis of legacy of disorganized attachment
Li, Zhi; Hygen, Beate Wold; Widaman, Keith F; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne; Wichstrøm, Lars; Belsky, Jay (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Why is disorganized attachment associated with punitive-controlling behavior in some, but caregiving-controlling in others? Hygen et al. (2014) proposed that variation in the Catechol-O-methyl transferase(COMT) Val158Met ... -
Do Time in Child Care and Peer Group Exposure Predict Poor Socioemotional Adjustment in Norway?
Solheim, Elisabet; Wichstrøm, Lars; Belsky, Jay; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Extensive exposure to nonparental child care during the first 4.5 years of life has been demonstrated in some American studies to negatively affect children's socioemotional functioning. Data from 935 preschool children ... -
Peer problems and hyperactivity-impulsivity among Norwegian and American Children – The role of 5-HTTLPR.
Stenseng, Frode; Li, Zhi; Belsky, Jay; Hygen, Beate Wold; Skalicka, Vera; Guzey, Ismail Cuneyt; Wichstrøm, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Peer problems are linked to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and the serotonin system is thought to be involved in ADHD‐related behavior. Hence, from a Gene × Environment perspective, the serotonin ... -
Preschool predictors of childhood anxiety disorders: a prospective community study
Wichstrøm, Lars; Belsky, Jay; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background Anxiety disorders are often present at preschool age. Research on older children and studies contrasting preschoolers with high versus low behavioral inhibition (BI) highlight several risk factors, but these ... -
Social Exclusion Predicts Impaired Self-Regulation: A 2-Year Longitudinal Panel Study Including the Transition from Preschool to School
Stenseng, Frode; Belsky, Jay; Skalicka, Vera; Wichstrøm, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The need-to-belong theory stipulates that social exclusion (i.e., being rejected by peers) impairs the ability to self-regulate, and experimental studies with adults support this contention, at least on a short-term basis. ... -
What enhances the development of emotion understanding in young children? A longitudinal study of interpersonal predictors
Berg Kårstad, Silja; Wichstrøm, Lars; Reinfjell, Trude; Belsky, Jay; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)We studied potential determinants of the development of children's emotion understanding (EU) from age 4 to 6 in a Norwegian community sample (N = 974) using the Test of Emotion Comprehension. Interpersonal predictors ...