Temperament in infancy and behavioral and emotional problems at age 5.5: The EDEN mother-child cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Early temperamental characteristics may influence children's developmental pathways and predict future psychopathology. However, the environmental context may also shape or interact with infant temperament and indirectly contribute to increased vulnerability to adverse developmental outcomes. The aim of the present study is to explore the long-term contribution of temperamental traits at twelve months of age to the presence of emotional and behavioral problems later in childhood, and whether this association varies with the child's sex, parental separation, family socioeconomic status and maternal depression.

Method

1184 mother-child pairs from the EDEN mother-child birth cohort study based in France (2003-2011), were followed from 24-28 weeks of pregnancy to the c

SUBMITTER: Abulizi X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5310866 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature