General psychopathology, internalising and externalising in children and functional outcomes in late adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Internalising and externalising problems commonly co-occur in childhood. Yet, few developmental models describing the structure of child psychopathology appropriately account for this comorbidity. We evaluate a model of childhood psychopathology that separates the unique and shared contribution of individual psychological symptoms into specific internalising, externalising and general psychopathology factors and assess how these general and specific factors predict long-term outcomes concerning criminal behaviour, academic achievement and affective symptoms in three independent cohorts.

Methods

Data were drawn from independent birth cohorts (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), N = 11,612; Generation R, N = 7,946; Maternal Adversity, Vulnerabi

SUBMITTER: Sallis H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6849715 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature