Externalising behaviour from infancy to mid-adolescence: Latent profiles and early predictors |
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| Authors: | Anne Kjeldsen Harald Janson Mike Stoolmiller Leila Torgersen Kristin S Mathiesen |
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| Institution: | 1. Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Mental Health, PO Box 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, Norway;2. The Norwegian Centre for Child Behavioural Development, PO Box 7053 Majorstuen, 0306 Oslo, Norway;3. Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Oregon, College of Education, Eugene, OR 97403, USA |
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| Abstract: | The overall aim of the current study was to identify typical trajectory classes of externalising behaviour, and to identify predictors present already in infancy that discriminate the trajectory classes. 921 children from a community sample were followed over 13 years from the age of 18 months. In a simultaneously estimated model, latent class analyses and multinomial logit regression analyses suggested a five-class solution for developmental patterns of externalising problem behaviours: High stable (18% of the children), High childhood limited (5%), Medium childhood limited (31%), Adolescent onset (30%), and Low stable (16%). Six risk factors measured at 18 months significantly discriminated among the classes. Family stress and maternal age discriminated the High stable class from all the other classes. The results suggest that focusing on enduring problems in the relationship with the partner and partners' health may be important in preventive and early intervention efforts. |
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| Keywords: | Developmental trajectories Externalizing problems Infancy Adolescence Early predictors |
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