Objective

Parenting behaviors in early development are associated with risk-taking behaviors in emerging adulthood. Risky behaviors are also shown to be associated with cortisol response to stressors. This study examined the moderating effect of neuroendocrine response to stressors on the link between parenting behaviors in early development and risky behaviors in emerging adulthood.

Methods

Participants were 78 healthy college students (38 males). Following a habituation session, participants completed a modified version of the Trier Social Stress Task prior to completing measures of risky behavior. Salivary cortisol was measured before the stressor, 20, and 40 min post-stressor.

Results

Parenting behaviors and cortisol response to stressor were seen to be linked risky behavior. For males, the link between harsh father behaviors and risky behavior was significantly moderated by cortisol response to stressor such that higher cortisol response was related to decreased risky behaviors. For females, risk-taking was associated with harsh and warm parenting behaviors, but the link between parenting and risky behaviors was not related to or moderated by cortisol response.

Conclusions

These results provide evidence that parents might have separate effect on predicting risky behaviors and provides support for literature that chronic stressors can influence sensitivity to acute stressors and subsequent risk-taking behaviors.

中文翻译：

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新兴成年期的父母养育，皮质醇和危险行为：男性和女性的发散模式

客观的

早期发展中的养育行为与成年后的冒险行为有关。危险行为也显示与皮质醇对应激源的反应有关。这项研究检验了神经内分泌对应激源的反应对早期发育中的养育行为与成年后的危险行为之间的联系的调节作用。

方法

参加者为78名健康大学生（38名男性）。在习惯性会话之后，参与者在完成危险行为的度量之前，完成了Trier Social Stress Task的修改版本。在应激前，应激后20和40分钟测量唾液皮质醇。

结果

育儿行为和皮质醇对压力源的反应被认为与危险行为有关。对于男性，父亲的苛刻行为和危险行为之间的联系通过对压力源的皮质醇反应而得到显着缓解，因此较高的皮质醇反应与危险行为的减少有关。对于女性来说，冒险与严酷和温暖的养育行为有关，但是育儿和冒险行为之间的联系与皮质醇反应无关或没有缓解。

结论

这些结果提供了证据，表明父母可能会对预测危险行为产生不同的影响，并为长期应激源可以影响对急性应激源和随后冒险行为的敏感性的文献提供支持。