Heart & Mind Study
| Goal | To understand how family experiences, cardiovascular functioning, and social information processing inter-relate among preschool children with aggressive tendencies. |
| Participants | 4-5-year-old preschool children and their caregivers from lower-income families in Baltimore City. Special thanks to Morgan State and St. Bernardine’s Head Start centers for participation in the Heart & Mind Study. |
| Method |
Children engage in a continuous performance task on the computer
and watch and respond to videos of children engaged in social
conflicts. Two mood inductions occur. Throughout, we
monitor children’s cardiovascular functioning, electrodermal activity, and
systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Caregivers are interviewed
concerning children’s behaviors, family psychiatric history, discipline
practices, and neighborhood risk factors.
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| Teacher Assessment |
Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA) Behavioral Assessment System for Children (BASC) |
| Caregiver Assessment |
Behavioral Assessment System for Children (BASC) |
| Child Assessment |
Schultz Test of Emotion
Processing Classroom observations Penny Game (i.e., a continuous performance task) Resting heart rate Low frequency band Vagal tone Autonomic reactivity Blood pressure |
| Collaborators |
Dr. Chris Hyde, Bioassessments, Inc. (Newark, DE) |
11/19/2006
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