HHP-11 Understanding Child and Parent Feelings After Exposure to a Hostile Stimuli
Start Date
12-4-2024 9:30 AM
End Date
12-4-2024 11:30 AM
Location
University Readiness Center Greatroom
Document Type
Poster
Abstract
Maltreated children exhibit distinct stress responses attributable to their prior experiences. A paradigm does not yet exist that can appropriately induce a stress response in maltreated children to explore the development of their dysregulated stress response. This study explores the principal factors contributing to stress induction in hostile encounters and intends to utilize this information to refine a stress inducing paradigm, which involves a vocally hostile audio clip depicting an authority figure directly scolding a child for breaking an object. Parents were recruited through three distinct methods: a portion of parents were gathered individually using an online recruitment tool, while children were directly recruited from local schools; additionally, some parents and children were recruited to participate in the study together. Data was collected by utilizing questionnaires which examined parent-child interpersonal interactions and their feedback on the realism of the vocally hostile audio. Data collection is ongoing and once completed thematic qualitative analysis will inform the curation of data obtained from the interviews for the purpose of making the audio clip more realistic and relatable, so that it can induce a stress response. Additional quantitative analyses will explore if trait anger and interpersonal hostility impact perceptions of the hostile audio. Developing a stress-inducing paradigm within this cohort is crucial for advancing research to deepen the comprehension of how specific traumas impact cognitive and physiological development, aiding authority figure’s, who regularly engage with maltreated children, understanding of this population, and ultimately contributing to the enhancements of treatments for this population.
Keywords
Stress Response, Hostility, Child Maltreatment
HHP-11 Understanding Child and Parent Feelings After Exposure to a Hostile Stimuli
University Readiness Center Greatroom
Maltreated children exhibit distinct stress responses attributable to their prior experiences. A paradigm does not yet exist that can appropriately induce a stress response in maltreated children to explore the development of their dysregulated stress response. This study explores the principal factors contributing to stress induction in hostile encounters and intends to utilize this information to refine a stress inducing paradigm, which involves a vocally hostile audio clip depicting an authority figure directly scolding a child for breaking an object. Parents were recruited through three distinct methods: a portion of parents were gathered individually using an online recruitment tool, while children were directly recruited from local schools; additionally, some parents and children were recruited to participate in the study together. Data was collected by utilizing questionnaires which examined parent-child interpersonal interactions and their feedback on the realism of the vocally hostile audio. Data collection is ongoing and once completed thematic qualitative analysis will inform the curation of data obtained from the interviews for the purpose of making the audio clip more realistic and relatable, so that it can induce a stress response. Additional quantitative analyses will explore if trait anger and interpersonal hostility impact perceptions of the hostile audio. Developing a stress-inducing paradigm within this cohort is crucial for advancing research to deepen the comprehension of how specific traumas impact cognitive and physiological development, aiding authority figure’s, who regularly engage with maltreated children, understanding of this population, and ultimately contributing to the enhancements of treatments for this population.