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DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 42, Issue 5, Pages 913-928Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.5.913
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externalizing behavior; emotion regulation; inattention; latent profile analysis; early childhood
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Although externalizing behavior typically peaks in toddlerhood and decreases by school entry, some children do not show this normative decline. A sample of 381 boys and girls was assessed at ages 2, 4, and 5 for externalizing behavior and at age 2 on measures of emotion regulation and inattention. A longitudinal latent profile analysis was performed and resulted in 4 longitudinal profiles of extemalizing behavior for each gender. Poor emotion regulation and inattention were important predictors of membership in the chronic-clinical profile for girls, whereas socioeconomic status and inattention were important predictors of membership in the chronic-clinical profile for boys. Results are discussed with respect to the development of adaptive skills that lead to normative declines in extemalizing behavior across childhood.
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