An Examination of the Relations Between Effortful Control in Early Childhood and Risk for Later Externalizing Psychopathology: A Bi-factor Structural Equation Modeling Approach.

Autor: Winebrake DA; Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Boston University, 64 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA., Huth N; Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Boston University, 64 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA., Gueron-Sela N; Psychology Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel., Propper C; School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA., Mills-Koonce R; Human Development and Family Studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA., Bedford R; School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK., Wagner NJ; Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Boston University, 64 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. njwagner@bu.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Child psychiatry and human development [Child Psychiatry Hum Dev] 2024 Jun 15. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 15.
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-024-01716-z
Abstrakt: Deficits in effortful control (EC) contribute to patterns of maladaptation across development; however, little is known about how specific subfactors of EC differentially predict children's externalizing psychopathology. Using a longitudinal sample of 206 children (47.8% female, 42.6% Caucasian), the current study employed a bi-factor structural equation modeling approach to examine the concurrent and longitudinal associations between EC and its subfactors (i.e., attentional focusing, low-intensity pleasure, perceptual sensitivity, inhibitory control) and conduct problems, attention deficit disordered behaviors (ADD), and callous-unemotional (CU) traits at 36 and 84 months, respectively. Results indicated that increased general EC at 36 months predicted reduced CU traits and ADD at 84 months. Attentional focusing was the only subfactor to uniquely predict later CU traits, suggesting that strong attentional abilities attenuate risk for CU trait development. The implications for research and practice are discussed.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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