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Title: Behavior Problems in Childhood: Testing an Interactive Model
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Magee, Tracy |
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Behavior Problems in Childhood: Testing an Interactive Model Ph.D. Dissertation, School of Nursing, Boston College, 2004. DAI-B 66/03, p. 1397, Sep 2005 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Behavior; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Behavioral Problems; Children, Adjustment Problems; Children, Behavioral Development; Children, Home Environment; Children, Illness; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Mothers, Education; Motor and Social Development (MSD); Temperament There is compelling evidence that the first years of life are important for the social, emotional and cognitive development of a child. Advances in medical technology have made it possible to confirm that the experiences children have in the first years of life may have life long influences on the development of the child, including behavior problems. Yet pediatric health care has not embraced these findings and families are no longer being well served by pediatric primary care. The purpose of this study was to identify the relationships within a proposed conceptual framework, based on a transactional model of child development, of child-mother-environment transactions and to identify the contribution of each variable to behavior problems of the school age child. The current study is a secondary analysis using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (U.S. Bureau of Labor, ("NLSY79 Children and Young Adults," 2003) to describe and test relationships that impact child behavior using a transactional model that includes: (a) child variables of ethnicity, age, gender, health, prenatal drug exposure, prematurity, birth weight, temperament, cognition and motor development, (b) mother variables of age, education and parenting ability and (c) environmental variables of socioeconomic status, social support and quality of the home environment. Using the transactional model of child development supported by the developmental science framework, this research described and tested a conceptual framework of child-mother-environment transactions and identified the contribution of each variable to behavior problems of the school age old. Results of this study indicate, child temperament, gender, ethnicity, maternal education and parenting ability, measured between the ages of one month to four years of age were predictors of behavior problems in school age children in a not at risk sample. By identifying specific variables in a child's life in early childhood that contribute to behavior problems in school age, this nurses can plan effective and efficient interventions as well as advocating for the needs of children and families. |
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Magee, Tracy. Behavior Problems in Childhood: Testing an Interactive Model. Ph.D. Dissertation, School of Nursing, Boston College, 2004. DAI-B 66/03, p. 1397, Sep 2005. |