Correlates of the CBCL-dysregulation profile in preschool-aged children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A growing literature indicates that the Child Behavior Checklist-Dysregulation Profile (CBCL-DP) identifies youths with heightened risk for severe psychopathology, comorbidity, and impairment. However, this work has focused on school-age children and adolescents; no studies have examined whether preschool-aged children with the CBCL-DP exhibit a similar constellation of problems.

Method

Using a community sample of preschoolers, we compared children with (N = 61) and without (N = 488) the CBCL-DP on a broad range of variables assessed using multiple methods.

Results

Univariate analyses revealed numerous differences between children with the CBCL-DP and their peers on psychiatric symptomatology, temperament, parenting behavior, and parental personality, psych

SUBMITTER: Kim J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3523168 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature