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01-02-2007 | Original Paper

Examining Subtypes of Behavior Problems among 3-Year-Old Children, Part II: Investigating Differences in Parent Psychopathology, Couple Conflict, and Other Family Stressors

Auteurs: Lauren H. Goldstein, Elizabeth A. Harvey, Julie L. Friedman-Weieneth, Courtney Pierce, Alexis Tellert, Jenna C. Sippel

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Uitgave 1/2007

Abstract

This study examined family stressors among 3-year-old children who were classified as hyperactive (HYP), hyperactive and oppositional defiant (HYP/OD), and non-problem based on mothers’ reports of behavior. Children with HYP/OD were found to experience higher levels of family stressors than non-problem children on almost every family stressor variable. Compared to children with HYP, families of children with HYP/OD also tended to report more Axis II maternal psychopathology, Axis I paternal psychopathology, and high intensity couple conflict tactics. However, the HYP and HYP/OD group did not significantly differ on maternal Axis I psychopathology, paternal Axis II psychopathology, parental marital status, negative life events, frequency of couple conflict, or use of lower intensity couple conflict tactics. Parents of children with HYP and HYP/OD reported more negative life events, more maternal adult ADHD symptoms, and more maternal avoidance and verbal aggression during marital conflict than parents of non-problem children. Implications for treatment and etiology are discussed.

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In part 1, only a small group of children were identified who were reported to display oppositional-defiant symptoms without hyperactivity. There was not sufficient validity for this group based on teachers’ and observers’ ratings to justify further analyses with this group.

Chronis et al. (2003) included some preschool-aged children; participants ranged from age 3–10 to 7 years.

Although depressive personality was an Axis II scale, it was combined with Axis I depression subscales because it assessed similar symptoms.

Mothers’ reports were used to estimate fathers’ conflict for 38 of the families who fell in one of the three groups. Fathers’ reports were used to estimate mothers’ conflict in 5 of the families who fell in one of the three groups.

We used blocking variables, because of the potential pitfalls of using ANCOVAs to adjust for pre-existing group differences (Keppel & Wickens, 2004).

Data on maternal education was presented in Part 1 of this three-part series (Harvey et al., in press).

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Titel: Examining Subtypes of Behavior Problems among 3-Year-Old Children, Part II: Investigating Differences in Parent Psychopathology, Couple Conflict, and Other Family Stressors
Auteurs: Lauren H. Goldstein
Elizabeth A. Harvey
Julie L. Friedman-Weieneth
Courtney Pierce
Alexis Tellert
Jenna C. Sippel
Publicatiedatum: 01-02-2007
Uitgeverij: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology / Uitgave 1/2007
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-006-9088-x

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