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Psychophysiological Assessment of the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Strategies in Childhood
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Between- and within-child level associations between externalizing and internalizing behavior problems in a
Yoonkyung Oh1, Paul L Morgan2, Mark T Greenberg3
1Children's Learning Institute, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas-Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines
|January 22, 2024
Summary
Externalizing and internalizing behavior problems in children are linked by common causes, not direct interactions. Inhibitory control is a key factor in early intervention for these issues.
Area of Science:
- Child Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Behavioral Science
Background:
- Competing models explain co-occurrence of externalizing behavior problems (EBP) and internalizing behavior problems (IBP) in children.
- Empirical evaluation of transactional versus common etiological models for EBP and IBP is limited.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate transactional relations between EBP and IBP at the within-child level.
- To identify antecedents associated with the stability of EBP and IBP across elementary school.
Main Methods:
- Longitudinal analysis of a nationally representative sample of 7,326 US schoolchildren (kindergarten to 5th grade).
- Utilized random-intercept cross-lagged panel modeling (RI-CLPM) with teacher-reported EBP and IBP.
- Assessed early childhood antecedents including cognitive skills and parenting factors.
Main Results:
- Little evidence for within-child transactional relations between EBP and IBP.
- Significant between-child associations were found for both behavior problem types.
- Inhibitory control emerged as the strongest common antecedent for the longitudinal overlap.
Conclusions:
- Common etiological factors, rather than transactional processes, better explain the co-occurrence of EBP and IBP.
- Inhibitory control presents a promising target for early intervention in at-risk children.
Keywords:
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