Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10314316 | Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology | 2014 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
The overall aim of the current study was to identify typical trajectory classes of externalising behaviour, and to identify predictors present already in infancy that discriminate the trajectory classes. 921 children from a community sample were followed over 13Â years from the age of 18Â months. In a simultaneously estimated model, latent class analyses and multinomial logit regression analyses suggested a five-class solution for developmental patterns of externalising problem behaviours: High stable (18% of the children), High childhood limited (5%), Medium childhood limited (31%), Adolescent onset (30%), and Low stable (16%). Six risk factors measured at 18Â months significantly discriminated among the classes. Family stress and maternal age discriminated the High stable class from all the other classes. The results suggest that focusing on enduring problems in the relationship with the partner and partners' health may be important in preventive and early intervention efforts.
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Authors
Anne Kjeldsen, Harald Janson, Mike Stoolmiller, Leila Torgersen, Kristin S. Mathiesen,