Not in education, employment and training: pathways from toddler difficult temperament.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Youths disengaged from the education system and labour force (i.e. 'Not in Education, Employment, or Training' or 'NEET') are often at reduced capacity to flourish and thrive as adults. Developmental precursors to NEET status may extend back to temperamental features, though this - and possible mediators of such associations such as attention deficit hyperactivity (ADHD) symptoms and antisocial behaviours (ASB) - have yet to be directly tested. This study investigates if i) difficult temperament in toddlerhood associates with NEET status in adulthood and ii) different subdomains of ADHD (i.e. hyperactivity-impulsivity vs. inattention) in late childhood and ASB in adolescence partially explain this pathway.

Methods

Participants were 6,240 mother-child dyads (60.7%

SUBMITTER: Wu TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9403166 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature