title: Early childhood psychological problems predict a poor sense of coherence in adolescents: a 15-year follow-up study.
abstract: The aim of the present 15-year follow-up was to study the association between childhood psychological symptoms and sense of coherence (SOC) in adolescence. Destructive behaviour at three years, attention problems and thought problems at 12 years, attention problems, anxiety/depression, delinquency and somatic complaints at 15 years predicted a poor SOC at 18 years. Problems reported by adolescents themselves explained a poor SOC much more often than problems reported by parents. The identification of early childhood behavioural problems helps us to identify children at risk of ill-being in adolescence since problems seem to persist unchanged until that period of life.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Medicine, Family Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland. paivi-leena.honkinen@utu.fi
authors.forename: Päivi-Leena
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Honkinen
authors.forename: Minna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aromaa
authors.forename: Sakari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suominen
authors.forename: Päivi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rautava
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sourander
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Helenius
authors.forename: Matti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sillanpää
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005387:Finland; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012307:Risk Factors; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D013223:Statistics as Topic