Research article summary (published 29 Jun 2009):

Infancy parenting and externalizing psychopathology from childhood through adulthood: developmental trends.

Full Abstract

Developmental models and previous findings suggest that early parenting is more strongly associated with externalizing problems in early childhood than it is in adolescence. In this article, the authors address whether the association of poor-quality infancy parenting and externalizing problems "rebounds" in adulthood. Poor-quality infancy parenting was associated with externalizing problems at kindergarten and first grade (mother report) as well as at 23 and 26 years (self report). Infancy parenting was not significantly associated with either mothers' or youths' reports of externalizing problems at 16 years. These findings are consistent with the notion that poor-quality infancy parenting is a risk factor for externalizing problems in developmental periods for which externalizing behavior is most deviant.

Author information

Author/s: Lorber, Michael F (MF); Egeland, Byron (B);

Affiliation: University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA. lorber2(-atsign-)gmail.com

Grants: 5R01MH040864 (Agency:NIMH NIH HHS) ; 5T32MH015755 (Agency:NIMH NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Journal: Developmental psychology (Dev Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Jul; vol 45 (issue 4) : pp 909-12

Dates: Created 2009/07/09; Completed 2009/09/14;

PMID: 19586169, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 9/14/2009, IMS Date: )

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Adolescent Adult Aggression - psychology Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - psychology Child Child Behavior Disorders - diagnosis; psychology Child, Preschool Female Humans Infant Internal-External Control Juvenile Delinquency - psychology

Longitudinal Studies Male Minnesota Mother-Child Relations Parenting - psychology Personality Assessment Personality Development Prospective Studies Risk Factors Socialization Urban Population Young Adult

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