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Title: Linking Oppositional Behaviour Trajectories to the Development of Depressive Symptoms in Childhood
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Boylan, Khrista Vaillancourt, Tracy Szatmari, Peter |
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Linking Oppositional Behaviour Trajectories to the Development of Depressive Symptoms in Childhood Child Psychiatry and Human Development 43,3 (June 2012): 484-497. Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/h562881w70w82170/ Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Springer Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Behavioral Problems; CESD (Depression Scale); Depression (see also CESD); Motor and Social Development (MSD) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Oppositional defiant disorder in childhood is a predictor of later mood disorders. This study assessed whether groups of children can be identified by their course of co-occurring oppositional and depressive symptoms in childhood using group based trajectory modeling. Participants were a cohort of 932 4 or 5 year old offspring of women participating in the National Longitudinal Study of Youth whose symptom trajectories were modeled across ages 4–13 years. Three co-occurring trajectory groups were found: oppositional symptoms only (23%), oppositional symptoms preceding increasing depressive symptoms over time (16%) and absence of any symptoms (61%). Of all children who developed depressive symptoms, all had moderate or high levels of pre-existing oppositional symptoms. Oppositional symptoms typically precede, or co-occur with depressive symptoms in childhood. |
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Boylan, Khrista, Tracy Vaillancourt and Peter Szatmari. "Linking Oppositional Behaviour Trajectories to the Development of Depressive Symptoms in Childhood ." Child Psychiatry and Human Development 43,3 (June 2012): 484-497.
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