title: Temperament moderates associations between exposure to stress and children's externalizing problems.
abstract: The interaction between a temperament profile (four groups determined by high vs. low resistance to control [unmanageability] and unadaptability [novelty distress]) and family stress in predicting externalizing problems at school in children followed from kindergarten through eighth grade (ages 5-13) was investigated. The sample consisted of 556 families (290 boys). At Time 1 just prior to kindergarten, mothers retrospectively reported on their child's temperament during infancy. Each year, mothers reported stress and teachers reported children's externalizing problems. Temperament profile was tested as a moderator of the stress-externalizing association for various time periods. Results indicated that the combination of high resistance to control and high unadaptability strengthens the stress-externalizing association. Findings are discussed in terms of possible underlying mechanisms.
authors: Indiana University, USA. ascherme@uvm.edu
authors: Alice C
authors: AC
authors: Schermerhorn
authors: John E
authors: JE
authors: Bates
authors: Jackson A
authors: JA
authors: Goodnight
authors: Jennifer E
authors: JE
authors: Lansford
authors: Kenneth A
authors: KA
authors: Dodge
authors: Gregory S
authors: GS
authors: Pettit
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D013694:Temperament / Q000502:physiology*