title: First grade emotion knowledge as a predictor of fifth grade self-reported internalizing behaviors in children from economically disadvantaged families.
abstract: In this longitudinal study, we examined the relations between emotion knowledge in first grade, teacher reports of internalizing and externalizing behaviors from first grade, and children's self-reported internalizing behaviors in fifth grade. At Time 1, we assessed emotion knowledge, expressive vocabulary, caregiver-reported earned income, and teacher-rated internalizing and externalizing behaviors in 7-year-old children from economically disadvantaged families (N = 154). At Time 2, when the children were age 11, we collected children's self-reports of negative emotions, depression, anxiety, and loneliness. First grade teacher-reported externalizing behaviors, but not first grade internalizing behaviors, were positively related to children's self-reports of internalizing behaviors in fifth grade. First grade emotion knowledge accounted for a significant amount of variance in children's self-reports of internalizing symptoms 4 years later, after controlling for per capita earned income, expressive vocabulary, and teacher-reported internalizing and externalizing behaviors in first grade.
authors.affiliation: University of Delaware, Newark 19716, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Fine
authors.forename: Carroll E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Izard
authors.forename: Allison J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Mostow
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Trentacosta
authors.forename: Brian P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Ackerman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000339:Affect; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002663:Child Language; D003071:Cognition; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008132:Loneliness / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013195:Stanford-Binet Test; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires