Hard-to-manage preschool boys: symptomatic behavior across contexts and time.
Preschool boys identified by their parents and/or teachers as active, inattentive, and impulsive (N = 69) at age 4 were compared with boys without problems (N = 43) on observational measures of symptom-related behaviors, obtained across contexts (home, laboratory, and preschool). Problem boys differed from comparison boys on measures of activity/inattention, noncompliance, and impulsivity obtained in the 3 settings. At a 2-year follow-up, when they were 6 years old, problem boys continued to differ from comparison boys on laboratory measures of activity and impulsivity; there also was some stability in these symptomatic behaviors. Implications of these findings for the emergence and persistence of externalizing problems in preschool boys are addressed.
Campbell
S B
SB
Clinical Psychology Program, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
Pierce
E W
EW
March
C L
CL
Ewing
L J
LJ
Szumowski
E K
EK
D000374:Aggression; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales