Profiles of Disruptive Behavior Across Early Childhood: Contributions of Frustration Reactivity, Physiological Regulation, and Maternal Behavior

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Susan D. Calkins, Professor (Creator)
Kathryn Amey Degnan (Creator)
Ashley L. Hill (Creator)
Susan P. Keane, Professor (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
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Abstract: Disruptive behavior, including aggression, defiance, and temper tantrums, typically peaks in early toddlerhood and decreases by school entry; however, some children do not show this normative decline. The current study examined disruptive behavior in 318 boys and girls at 2, 4, and 5 years of age and frustration reactivity, physiological regulation, and maternal behavior in the laboratory at 2 years of age. A latent profile analysis resulted in 4 longitudinal profiles of disruptive behavior, which were differentiated by interactions between reactivity, regulation, and maternal behavior. A high profile was associated with high reactivity combined with high maternal control or low regulation combined with low maternal control. Results are discussed from a developmental psychopathology perspective.

Additional Information

Publication
Child Development, 79(5), 1358-1377.
Language: English
Date: 2008
Keywords
Children, Child psychology, Disruptive behavior, Frustration, Mother and child

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