Trajectories leading to school-age conduct problems.
The present study applied a semiparametric mixture model to a sample of 284 low-income boys to model developmental trajectories of overt conduct problems from ages 2 to 8. As in research on older children, 4 developmental trajectories were identified: a persistent problem trajectory, a high-level desister trajectory, a moderate-level desister trajectory, and a persistent low trajectory. Follow-up analyses indicated that initially high and low groups were differentiated in early childhood by high child fearlessness and elevated maternal depressive symptomatology. Persistent problem and high desister trajectories were differentiated by high child fearlessness and maternal rejecting parenting. The implications of the results for early intervention research are discussed, with an emphasis on the identification of at-risk parent-child dyads.
Shaw
Daniel S
DS
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA. casey@pitt.edu
Gilliom
Miles
M
Ingoldsby
Erin M
EM
Nagin
Daniel S
DS
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires