Triadic stress resilience transmission: the role of attachment and synchrony

Family interactions are core elements for the socioemotional development of children. Healthy relationships offer a secure environment notably by teaching children emotional regulation and helping families face stress and daily hassles. Research has shown that families who adopt positive interactions and regulate their reactions tend to be more resilient facing stress. These interactions can be observed on several levels such as through behavioral observations or on physiological levels. The following symposium aims at investigating the role of resilience and child regulation in family interactions and vice-versa. The first presentation will delve into the characteristics of hardiness to better understand family resilience in small communities in the Amazon region and the factors involved in its perception by mothers and fathers. The second presentation will tackle family interactions via biobehavioral synchrony, which was seen to be present in families with a secure-base attachment where the child feels safe to express and regulate their emotions. The role of attachment will be highlighted to better understand how families can interact with one another and be more resilient during a stress-induced task. This ability to regulate emotions during family interactions will be put into perspective in the third presentation according to different family functioning profiles (cooperative-conflictual-disordered). The aim of this presentation will serve to pinpoint the associations of joint attention with different socioemotional aspects in children. This symposium will offer insight into family dynamics and interactions by putting into evidence several factors that can be observed in interactions that need to be considered while assessing child socioemotional development as well as family resilience.