Population heterogeneity in developmental trajectories of internalising and externalising mental health symptoms in childhood: differential effects of parenting styles.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Multiple studies have connected parenting styles to children's internalising and externalising mental health symptoms (MHS). However, it is not clear how different parenting styles are jointly influencing the development of children's MHS over the course of childhood. Hence, the differential effects of parenting style on population heterogeneity in the joint developmental trajectories of children's internalising and externalising MHS were examined.

Method

A community sample of 7507 young children (ages 3, 5 and 9) from the Growing Up in Ireland cohort study was derived for further analyses. Parallel-process linear growth curve and latent growth mixture modelling were deployed.

Results

The results indicated that the linear growth model was a good approximat

SUBMITTER: Katsantonis I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10130732 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature