Early Childhood Precursors and School age Correlates of Different Internalising Problem Trajectories Among Young Children.

ABSTRACT: It is unclear why trajectories of internalising problems vary between groups of young children. This is the first attempt in the United Kingdom to identify and explain different trajectories of internalising problems from 46 to 94 months. Using both mother- and child-reported data from the large Growing Up in Scotland (GUS) birth cohort (N = 2901; male N = 1497, female N = 1404), we applied growth mixture modelling and multivariable multinomial regression models. Three trajectories were identified: low-stable, high-decreasing and medium-increasing. There were no gender differences in trajectory shape, membership, or importance of covariates. Children from both elevated trajectories shared several early risk factors (low income, poor maternal mental health, poor partner relationship, pre-sc

SUBMITTER: Parkes A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5007267 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature