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Adaptation and Resilience in Childhood Study (ARCS)
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17-072-6
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Adaptation and Resilience in Childhood Study (ARCS)
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Dr. Damion Grasso
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In the current application we propose applying advances in developmental measurement science, including those developed in our own lab, towards sensitive characterization of DV exposure, biobehavioral indicators of threat detection and reactivity, trauma-related psychopathology, and contextual risk and protective factors in a high-risk sample of preschool age children experiencing an acute stage of DV exposure in which mother and child are receiving services at a DV shelter. Assessment will include (1) the Family Socialization Interview-Modified (FSI-M), a comprehensive interview measuring children's experiences from birth to present, including family stressors, parenting practices and family conflict that was developed in our lab, (2) the Anxiety Dimensional Observation System (ANX-DOS) and (3) the Disruptive Behavior Dimensional Observation System (DB-DOS), two laboratory observation paradigms for characterizing fear/anxiety and anger/affect regulation, respectively, also developed in our lab, (3) a multiple source assessment of trauma exposure and trauma-related symptoms as defined by the DSM-5, (4) attention bias and autonomic (heart rate, skin conductance) responses to laboratory-based threat stimuli, and (5) observed and reported maternal sensitivity and parent-child interaction. We also will apply a semi-structured, timeline follow-back approach in the mother interviews, which we have developed, to assess and characterize children's peritraumatic responses (i.e., during and/or immediately after the exposure) to DV, which our preliminary data suggests may be predictive of PTS symptoms. In the current project, families will be recruited from nearby DV shelters. Research visits will occur at our newly established early child development laboratory on the UConn Kane Street property in West Hartford and will last approximately four hours. Families will be compensated for their time. Specific Aims: Aim 1. To employ a multi-method assessment approach towards examining links between DV exposure, peritraumatic behavioral responses, and PTS symptoms in shelter-residing preschool age children recently exposed to DV. Aim 2. To examine associations between multiple indices of behavioral and physiological threat detection and reactivity (i.e., attention bias to threat, observed fear/anxiety, and autonomic reactivity) and trauma-related symptoms. Aim 3. To identify factors in the caregiving environment that appear to buffer or potentiate trauma-related symptoms and associated patterns of threat detection and reactivity.
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Psychiatry - Child and Adolescent
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Stress Disorders
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Check with study contact
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Kimberly McCarthy. Telephone: 860-523-6418. Email: kmccarthy@uchc.edu or Victoria Scranton. Telephone: (860) 679-7533. Email: vscranton@uchc.edu
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Enrolling/recruiting. For current recruitment status, please check with study contact.
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