title: Profiles of disruptive behavior across early childhood: contributions of frustration reactivity, physiological regulation, and maternal behavior.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: The University of Maryland, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Degnan
authors.forename: Susan D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Calkins
authors.forename: Susan P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Keane
authors.forename: Ashley L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hill-Soderlund
mesh_terms: 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*