The Association Between Toddlerhood Self-Control and Later Externalizing Problems
| Autor: | Carolyn Zahn-Waxler, Naomi P. Friedman, Soo Hyun Rhee, JoAnn Robinson, Robin P. Corley, John K. Hewitt, Ashley K. Smith Watts |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Twins 050109 social psychology Child Behavior Disorders Genetics Behavioral Article Self-Control Developmental psychology Genetics medicine Humans Genetic Predisposition to Disease 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Longitudinal Studies Child Association (psychology) Genetics (clinical) Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Behavioural genetics media_common 05 social sciences Infant Antisocial Personality Disorder Self-control medicine.disease Health psychology Conduct disorder Child Preschool Female Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Behavior Genetics. 48:125-134 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3297 0001-8244 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10519-017-9886-7 |
| Popis: | Lower self-control is a significant correlate or predictor of a wide range of adult outcomes, and this association may be due to more general tendencies toward childhood externalizing problems. The present study examined the association between toddlerhood self-control expressed within a “don’t” compliance task (at 14 to 36 months) and later externalizing problems (parent-reported externalizing problems from age 4 to 12 years, teacher-reported externalizing problems from age 7 to 12 years, and self-reported conduct disorder symptoms at age 17 years) in a longitudinal, genetically informative study. The slope of self-control, but not its intercept, predicted later teacher-reported, but not parent- or self-reported, externalizing problems. That is, increase in self-control during toddlerhood was associated with lower levels of later teacher-reported externalizing problems. The slope of self-control was no longer a significant predictor of teacher-reported externalizing problems after controlling for observed disregard for others, a robust predictor of externalizing problems. Thus, the hypothesis that self-control is the primary predictor of externalizing problems was not supported. Results from genetic analyses suggested that the covariance between the slope of self-control and teacher-reported externalizing problems is due to both genetic and shared environmental influences. |
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