scholarly journals Peer rejection in childhood, involvement with antisocial peers in early adolescence, and the development of externalizing behavior problems

2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT D. LAIRD ◽  
KRISTI Y. JORDAN ◽  
KENNETH A. DODGE ◽  
GREGORY S. PETTIT ◽  
JOHN E. BATES
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Early Adolescence ◽  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Externalizing Behavior ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Peer Rejection ◽  
Externalizing Behavior Problems ◽  
Peer Relationship ◽  
Relationship Experiences ◽  
Early Starter

A longitudinal, prospective design was used to examine the roles of peer rejection in middle childhood and antisocial peer involvement in early adolescence in the development of adolescent externalizing behavior problems. Both early starter and late starter pathways were considered. Classroom sociometric interviews from ages 6 through 9 years, adolescent reports of peers' behavior at age 13 years, and parent, teacher, and adolescent self-reports of externalizing behavior problems from age 5 through 14 years were available for 400 adolescents. Results indicate that experiencing peer rejection in elementary school and greater involvement with antisocial peers in early adolescence are correlated but that these peer relationship experiences may represent two different pathways to adolescent externalizing behavior problems. Peer rejection experiences, but not involvement with antisocial peers, predict later externalizing behavior problems when controlling for stability in externalizing behavior. Externalizing problems were most common when rejection was experienced repeatedly. Early externalizing problems did not appear to moderate the relation between peer rejection and later problem behavior. Discussion highlights multiple pathways connecting externalizing behavior problems from early childhood through adolescence with peer relationship experiences in middle childhood and early adolescence.

scholarly journals Respiratory sinus arrhythmia as a moderator of early maltreatment effects on later externalizing problems

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra R. Tabachnick ◽  
Christina Moore ◽  
K. Lee Raby ◽  
Alison Goldstein ◽  
Lindsay Zajac ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Externalizing Behavior ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Parasympathetic Nervous System ◽  
Cumulative Risk ◽  
Externalizing Behavior Problems ◽  
Theoretical Idea ◽  
Sinus Arrhythmia

Abstract Physiological regulation may interact with early experiences such as maltreatment to increase risk for behavior problems. In the current study, we investigate the role of parasympathetic nervous system regulation (respiratory sinus arrhythmia [RSA] at rest and in response to a frustration task) as a moderator of the association between early risk for maltreatment (i.e., involvement with Child Protective Services; CPS) and externalizing behavior problems in middle childhood. CPS involvement was associated with elevated externalizing problems, but only among children with average to high RSA at rest and average to high RSA withdrawal in response to frustration. Effects appeared to be specific to CPS involvement as the association between cumulative risk (i.e., nonmaltreatment experiences of early adversity) and externalizing problems was not significantly moderated by RSA activity. These findings are consistent with the theoretical idea that the consequences of early maltreatment for later externalizing behavior problems depend on children's biological regulation abilities.

Attachment security in preschoolers with and without externalizing behavior problems: A replication

1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark T. Greenberg ◽  
Matthew L. Speltz ◽  
Michelle DeKlyen ◽  
Marya C. Endriga
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Externalizing Behavior ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Developmental Psychopathology ◽  
Externalizing Disorders ◽  
Externalizing Behavior Problems ◽  
Insecure Attachment ◽  
Methodological Rigor ◽  
Attachment Research ◽  
Exact Replication

AbstractThis study attempted to replicate previous findings that indicated that preschool-aged children with significant externalizing problems are more likely to have insecure attachment relations than nonproblem peers (Speltz, Greenberg, & DeKlyen, 1990). Fifty children (ages 3–6) and their mothers participated; 25 referred to a child psychiatry clinic for one of the DSM-IIIR Disruptive Behavior Disorders, and 25 matched comparisons without externalizing behavior problems. Attachment was measured at the time of referral using two separation and reunion sequences in a clinic context. We found that 80% of the clinic-referred children were classified as insecure, whereas only 28% of the comparisons were so classified (p <.001). Further, a high percentage of clinic insecure children showed a controlling pattern of attachment. Thus, the present study, with improved methodological rigor, provided an almost exact replication to previous results. The discussion focuses on what contribution attachment research can provide to a developmental psychopathology perspective on early externalizing disorders.

Prediction of externalizing behavior problems from early to middle childhood: The role of parental socialization and emotion expression

2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
SUSANNE A. DENHAM ◽  
ELIZABETH WORKMAN ◽  
PAMELA M. COLE ◽  
CAROL WEISSBROD ◽  
KIMBERLY T. KENDZIORA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Externalizing Behavior ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Parental Socialization ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
Limit Setting ◽  
Parental Anger ◽  
Over Time

Parental emotions and behaviors that contribute to continuity and change in preschool children's externalizing problems were examined. Mothers and fathers were observed interacting with their children, and child-rearing styles were reported. Teachers, mothers, and children reported children's antisocial, oppositional behavior. Externalizing problems showed strong continuity 2 and 4 years later. Proactive parenting (i.e., supportive presence, clear instruction, and limit setting) predicted fewer behavior problems over time, after controlling for initial problems; the converse was true for parental anger. In contrast, the hypothesized ameliorative contribution of parents' positive emotion was not found. Parental contributions were most influential for children whose initial problems were in the clinical range. In particular, parental anger predicted continuation of problems over time. Paternal, as well as maternal, influences were identified. Examination of parental emotions and inclusion of fathers is important to research and intervention with young antisocial children.

scholarly journals Understanding the Externalizing Behavior of School-Age Boys: The Role of a Mother’s Mentalization and Attachment

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-166
Author(s):  
Karolina Dejko–Wańczyk ◽  
Bernadetta Janusz ◽  
Barbara Józefik
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Externalizing Behavior ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Reflective Functioning ◽  
Externalizing Behavior Problems ◽  
Adult Attachment Interview ◽  
School Age ◽  
Teacher Report Form

Abstract Objectives Externalizing behavior problems are considered to be a serious impediment to a child’s development, and therefore it is important to identify their predictors. In this study, we investigated the connections between school-aged boys’ externalizing problems, the mother’s reflective functioning (RF) and the mother’s perception of her childhood relationship with her own caregivers. Methods The study sample comprised 39 school-age boys diagnosed with externalizing behavior problems together with their mothers. A child’s psychopathology was assessed using the Child Behavior Checklist and Teacher Report Form. Our assessment of the mothers’ mentalizing capacities was based on the Adult Attachment Interview and Reflective Functioning Scale. The perception of a mother’s childhood relationship with her parents was assessed using the Parental Bonding Instrument. Results The analysis revealed that more severe cases of aggressive and rule-breaking behavior in boys were associated with lower RF in mothers, as well as with a mother’s perception of her childhood relationship with her own parents as less autonomous. More aggressive behavior in boys was also associated with a mother’s perception of herself as experiencing a higher degree of care from her father during her own childhood. Conclusions These are only preliminary findings and we have discussed them with a view to understanding the possible ways in which a mother’s RF and the intergenerational context of relationship quality are associated with externalizing behavior problems in middle childhood.

scholarly journals Transactional relations between caregiving stress, executive functioning, and problem behavior from early childhood to early adolescence

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 743-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda L. Lagasse ◽  
Elisabeth Conradt ◽  
Sarah L. Karalunas ◽  
Lynne M. Dansereau ◽  
Jonathan E. Butner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Problem Behavior ◽  
Early Adolescence ◽  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Externalizing Behavior ◽  
Developmental Time ◽  
Internalizing Behavior ◽  
Caregiving Stress

AbstractDevelopmental psychopathologists face the difficult task of identifying the environmental conditions that may contribute to early childhood behavior problems. Highly stressed caregivers can exacerbate behavior problems, while children with behavior problems may make parenting more difficult and increase caregiver stress. Unknown is: (a) how these transactions originate, (b) whether they persist over time to contribute to the development of problem behavior and (c) what role resilience factors, such as child executive functioning, may play in mitigating the development of problem behavior. In the present study, transactional relations between caregiving stress, executive functioning, and behavior problems were examined in a sample of 1,388 children with prenatal drug exposures at three developmental time points: early childhood (birth to age 5), middle childhood (ages 6 to 9), and early adolescence (ages 10 to 13). Transactional relations differed between caregiving stress and internalizing versus externalizing behavior. Targeting executive functioning in evidence-based interventions for children with prenatal substance exposure who present with internalizing problems and treating caregiving psychopathology, depression, and parenting stress in early childhood may be particularly important for children presenting with internalizing behavior.

scholarly journals Get them before they get you: Trust, trustworthiness, and social cognition in boys with and without externalizing behavior problems

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 647-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Sharp ◽  
Carolyn HA ◽  
Peter Fonagy
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Externalizing Behavior ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Externalizing Behavior Problems ◽  
Trust Game ◽  
Matched Pairs ◽  
Economic Exchange ◽  
Community Groups

AbstractEconomic exchange games have rarely been applied to examine psychopathology in youth. In the current study we adapted a trust game to investigate the relations between externalizing behavior problems, trust, and trustworthiness. We were particularly interested in the differential modulating impact of “known identity” (vs. anonymous) condition of the task. Second, we examined whether anomalies in trust behavior would correspond to social cognition manifested in children with externalizing problems. A total of 171 (79 age-matched pairs) boys (mean age = 12.84; SD = 1.80) were recruited from community groups where social networks and relationships amongst peers have been established. A trust game was played under two conditions: an anonymous version where the identity of the trust game partner was not known and a “known identity” version where identities were revealed. Results supported the conclusion that boys with externalizing behavior problems are generally less trustworthy, but not less trusting and that this was true especially for the known identity version of the game. Moreover, anomalies in trust behavior were associated with hostile intentions, but not reflective of a general theory of mind deficit. This study contributes to an emerging literature using economic exchange games to investigate real-time, real-life exchanges in relation to psychopathology.

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