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March 29, 2026Development and PsychopathologyOpen Access

The link between child coping behaviors and physiological processes in a parent–child dyadic stress-coping context

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JXJ. Y. XuXLXiangxi LvMGMengyu Miranda Gao

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Overview

Examines the relationship between child coping behaviors and physiological processes in parent-child dyads, suggesting important implications for development.

Key Points

  • The study aims to explore how various child coping behaviors relate to physiological processes during stressful situations involving parents.
  • Studied 88 parent-child dyads from China measuring child coping behaviors and physiological responses.
  • Coping behaviors assessed included active coping, seeking social support, and disengaged coping.
  • Physiological measures included respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) levels from both parents and children.
  • Quantified child RSA reactivity, inertia, and parent-to-child RSA synchrony.
  • Children who sought support had lower RSA inertia, indicating better physiological regulation.
  • Active coping led to greater parent-child RSA synchrony, reflecting efficient physiological co-regulation.
  • Disengaged coping was correlated with less adaptive physiological responses in children.

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Xu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c8c28cde0f0f753b39ce9ehttps://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579426101217
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