Profiles of disruptive behavior across early childhood: contributions of frustration reactivity, physiological regulation, and maternal behavior.
Disruptive behavior, including aggression, defiance, and temper tantrums, typically peaks in early toddlerhood and decreases by school entry; however, some children do not show this normative decline. The current study examined disruptive behavior in 318 boys and girls at 2, 4, and 5 years of age and frustration reactivity, physiological regulation, and maternal behavior in the laboratory at 2 years of age. A latent profile analysis resulted in 4 longitudinal profiles of disruptive behavior, which were differentiated by interactions between reactivity, regulation, and maternal behavior. A high profile was associated with high reactivity combined with high maternal control or low regulation combined with low maternal control. Results are discussed from a developmental psychopathology perspective.
Degnan
Kathryn A
KA
The University of Maryland, MD, USA.
Calkins
Susan D
SD
Keane
Susan P
SP
Hill-Soderlund
Ashley L
AL
D000339:Affect; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005639:Frustration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000523:psychology*