Continuity of Behavioral and Emotional Problems from Pre-School Years to Pre-Adolescence in a Developing Country

Autor/inn/en	Anselmi, Luciana; Barros, Fernando C.; Teodoro, Maycoln L. M.; Piccinini, Cesar A.; Menezes, Ana Maria B.; Araujo, Cora L.; Rohde, Luis A.
Titel	Continuity of Behavioral and Emotional Problems from Pre-School Years to Pre-Adolescence in a Developing Country
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49 (2008) 5, S.499-507 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9630
DOI	10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01865.x
Schlagwörter	Check Lists; Social Problems; Emotional Problems; Aggression; Preschool Children; Child Behavior; Developing Nations; Special Education; Behavior Problems; Longitudinal Studies; Interviews; Mothers; Age Differences; Interpersonal Competence; Preadolescents; Brazil; Child Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Checkliste; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Mother; Mutter; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Brasilien
Abstract	Background: All previous longitudinal community studies assessing the continuity of child behavioral/emotional problems were conducted in developed countries. Method: Six hundred and one children randomly selected from a Brazilian birth cohort were evaluated for behavioral/emotional problems through mother interview at 4 and 12 years with the same standard procedure--Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Results: CBCL Total Problem score presented a "medium" stability (r = 0.42) with externalizing problems showing higher stability and more homotypic continuity than internalizing problems. Of the children presenting deviant scores at the age of 4, only 31% remained deviant at the age of 12 (p less than 0.001). A "deviant" CBCL Total Problem score at 12 years old was predicted by Rule-Breaking Behavior [OR = 7.46, 95% CI 2.76-20.19] and Social Problems [OR = 3.56, 95% CI 1.36-9.30] scores at 4 years of age. Either Rule-Breaking or Aggressive Behavior--externalizing syndromes--were part of the predictors for the three broad-band CBCL scores and six out of the eight CBCL syndromes. Conclusions: Behavioral/emotional problems in preschool children persist moderately up to pre-adolescence in a community sample. Externalizing problems at the age of 4 comprise the developmental history of most behavioral/emotional problems at pre-adolescence. Our findings concur with findings from developed countries and are quite similar for continuity, stability and predictability. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10