ERIC Number: EJ1051797
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Oct
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
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Profiles of Observed Infant Anger Predict Preschool Behavior Problems: Moderation by Life Stress
Brooker, Rebecca J.; Buss, Kristin A.; Lemery-Chalfant, Kathryn; Aksan, Nazan; Davidson, Richard J.; Goldsmith, H. Hill
Developmental Psychology, v50 n10 p2343-2352 Oct 2014
Using both traditional composites and novel profiles of anger, we examined associations between infant anger and preschool behavior problems in a large, longitudinal data set (N = 966). We also tested the role of life stress as a moderator of the link between early anger and the development of behavior problems. Although traditional measures of anger were largely unrelated to later behavior problems, profiles of anger that dissociated typical from atypical development predicted behavior problems during preschool. Moreover, the relation between infant anger profiles and preschool behavior problems was moderated such that, when early life stress was low, infants with atypical profiles of early anger showed more preschool behavior problems than did infants with normative anger profiles. However, when early life stress was high, infants with atypical and normative profiles of infant anger did not differ in preschool behavior problems. We conclude that a discrete emotions approach including latent profile analysis is useful for elucidating biological and environmental developmental pathways to early problem behaviors.
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Infants, Predictor Variables, Preschool Children, Behavior Problems, Stress Variables, Correlation, Longitudinal Studies, Child Development, Student Behavior, Environmental Influences, Biology, Profiles, Infant Behavior, Twins, Personality Traits, Coding, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health (DHHS/NIH); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)
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Identifiers - Location: Wisconsin
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Parenting Stress Index; Child Behavior Checklist
Grant or Contract Numbers: R01 MH50560; T32 MH018931; K01 MH100240; P50 MH084051