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ERIC Number: EJ1297910
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-May
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
EISSN: N/A
Co-Occurring Trajectories of Internalizing and Externalizing Problems from Grades 1 to 12: Longitudinal Associations with Teacher-Child Relationship Quality and Academic Performance
Shi, Qinxin; Ettekal, Idean
Journal of Educational Psychology, v113 n4 p808-829 May 2021
This investigation examined patterns of codeveloping internalizing and externalizing problems from early childhood through adolescence (i.e., Grades 1 to 12). Subgroups of children with heterogeneous developmental trajectories (i.e., pure and co-occurring internalizing and externalizing problems) were identified and their long-term associations with teacher-child relationship quality and academic (math and reading) performance were assessed. Findings were based on a sample of 784 children (52.6% girls) who were followed from Grade 1 (M[subscript age] = 6.57) to Grade 12 (M[subscript age] = 17.57). Children's internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and teacher-child relationship quality were assessed annually from Grades 1 to 12, and their academic performance was assessed from Grades 1 to 9. Results revealed four distinct trajectories of internalizing and externalizing problems including chronic co-occurring, moderate co-occurring, pure-externalizing, and low-risk groups. Children with chronic co-occurring internalizing and externalizing problems exhibited more sustained teacher-child conflict, lower teacher-child warmth, and lower math and reading performance. Children with pure externalizing and moderate co-occurring problems were also at risk for scholastic difficulties, but to a lesser magnitude than children with chronic co-occurring problems. Compared to children in the low risk group, those in all three risk groups exhibited patterns of scholastic maladjustment that were either sustained or worsened after the transition to middle school.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Texas
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement; Woodcock Munoz Language Survey; Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
Grant or Contract Numbers: R01HD39367