Developmental trajectories of irritability and bidirectional associations with maternal depression.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Irritability is a dimensional trait in typical development and a common presenting symptom in many psychiatric disorders, including depression. However, little is known about the developmental trajectory of irritability or how child irritability interacts with maternal depression. The present study identifies classes of irritability trajectories from toddlerhood to middle childhood; characterizes maternal depression and other family, social environment, and child variables within each irritability trajectory class; and, as a more exploratory analysis, examines bidirectional associations between maternal depression and child irritability.

Method

A total of 4,898 families from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study reported on irritability symptoms at ages 3,

SUBMITTER: Wiggins JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4254549 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature