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Developmental origins of chronic physical aggression: an international perspective on using singletons, twins and epigenetics
(SAGE, 2015-09-08)
This chapter takes an international and historical perspective to discuss the present state of knowledge on the developmental origins of physical aggression and its implications for the prevention of chronic physical ...
Developmental associations between conduct problems and expressive language in early childhood : a population-based study
Conduct problems and language
(Springer, 2016-08)
Conduct problems have been associated with poor language development, however the direction of this association in early childhood remains unclear. This study examined the longitudinal directional associations between ...
Early nonparental care and social behavior in elementary school : support for a social group adaptation hypothesis
(Wiley, 2015-08-06)
We examined the contribution of non-parental child care services received during the preschool years (i.e. between 5 months and 5 years) to the development of social behavior between kindergarten and the end of elementary ...
Comorbid development of disruptive behaviors from age 1½ to 5 years in a population birth-cohort and association with school adjustment in first grade
Comorbidity of Disruptive Behaviors from age 1½ to 5 years
(Springer Verlag, 2016-05)
Comorbidity is frequent among disruptive behaviors (DB) and leads to mental health problems during adolescence and adulthood. However, the early developmental origins of this comorbidity have so far received little attention. ...
The intergenerational association between parents' problem gambling and impulsivity-hyperactivity/inattention behaviors in children
Parents’ problem gambling and children’s IH/I behaviors
(Springer Verlag, 2017-11-04)
Despite the well-established association between problem gambling and ADHD core categories of impulsivity-hyperactivity and inattention, the link between parents’ problem gambling and impulsivity-hyperactivity/inattention ...
Poverty and behavior problems during early childhood : the mediating role of maternal depression symptoms and parenting
(2017-11)
Poverty is a well-established risk factor for behavior problems, yet our understanding of putative family mediators during early childhood (i.e., before age 5 years) is limited. The present study investigated whether the ...
Timing and chronicity of maternal depression symptoms and children's verbal abilities
Maternal depression symptoms and children’s verbal abilities
(Elsevier, 2017-09-06)
ObjectiveTo test the associations between the timing and chronicity of maternal depression symptoms (MDS)and children’s long-term verbal abilities.Study designParticipants were 1073 mother-child pairs from a population-based ...
School adjustment and substance use in early adolescent boys: association with paternal alcoholism with and without dad in the home
Paternal alcoholism and early adolescent boys
(SAGE Publications, 2017-05-15)
The present study examined the association of paternal alcoholism with early adolescent boys’ school adjustment and substance use, and its moderation by paternal absence, controlling for parents’ socioeconomic resources. ...
Intrinsic motivation and achievement in mathematics in elementary school : a longitudinal investigation of their association
Motivation and mathematical achievement
(Wiley, 2015-11)
This study examined the associations between intrinsic motivation and achievement in mathematics in a sample of 1,478 Canadian school‐age children followed from Grades 1 to 4 (ages 7–10). Children self‐reported their ...
Gestational age and chronic 'body-mind' health problems in childhood : dose-response association and risk factors
(Springer, 2016-05-31)
Understanding the developmental course of all health issues associated with preterm birth is
important from an individual, clinical and public health point-of-view. Both the number of
preterm births and proportion of ...