1. Early life stress and behavior problems in early childhood
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Isabel K. Schuurmans, Ingmar H.A. Franken, Nicole Lucassen, Donna A. de Maat, Joran Jongerling, Peter Prinzie, Pauline W. Jansen, Stephen A. Metcalf, Department of Methodology and Statistics, Clinical Child and Family Studies, Epidemiology, Research Methods and Techniques, Erasmus MC other, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry / Psychology, Clinical Psychology, de Maat, Donna A. [0000-0002-7096-2606], Metcalf, Stephen A. [0000-0001-7000-2966], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, and Metcalf, Stephen [0000-0001-7000-2966]
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EMPIRICAL ARTICLE ,Surgency ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Child Behavior Disorders ,Education ,Developmental psychology ,Executive Function ,Adverse Childhood Experiences ,EMPIRICAL ARTICLES ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,EFFORTFUL CONTROL ,Humans ,MODERATION ,Family ,Early childhood ,Association (psychology) ,Child ,Temperament ,PREDICTORS ,EMOTIONALITY ,media_common ,Problem Behavior ,Stressor ,Infant, Newborn ,PSYCHOPATHOLOGY ,Infant ,CUMULATIVE RISK ,Executive functions ,DEPRESSION ,humanities ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Cohort ,SOCIAL COMPETENCE ,Psychological resilience ,EXTERNALIZING SYMPTOMS ,SENSITIVITY ,Psychology - Abstract
Funder: NWO: Nederlandse organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003246, Funder: ZonMw; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001826, Funder: Ministry of Youth and Families, Funder: Fulbright U.S. Student Program, Funder: Erasmus Medisch Centrum; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003061, Funder: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001828, Funder: Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002999, This preregistered study examined whether child temperament and executive functions moderated the longitudinal association between early life stress (ELS) and behavior problems. In a Dutch population‐based cohort (n = 2803), parents reported on multiple stressors (age 0–6 years), child temperament (age 5), and executive functions (age 4), and teachers rated child internalizing and externalizing problems (age 7). Results showed that greater ELS was related to higher levels of internalizing and externalizing problems, with betas reflecting small effects. Lower surgency buffered the positive association of ELS with externalizing problems, while better shifting capacities weakened the positive association between ELS and internalizing problems. Other child characteristics did not act as moderators. Findings underscore the importance of examining multiple protective factors simultaneously.
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- 2022