When there seem to be no predetermining factors: Early child and proximal family risk predicting externalizing behavior in young children incurring no distal family risk

► Personality, inhibition, parenting and attachment predict EB two years later. ► Individual risk factors contribute more than family ones to later EB. ► Combination of minimum 3 risks is a pathway to EB for children with no distal risk. ► Children with no distal risk need high individual susceptibility to develop EB.