Early development of negative and positive affect: Implications for ADHD symptomatology across three birth cohorts.

ABSTRACT: High levels of early emotionality (of either negative or positive valence) are hypothesized to be important precursors to early psychopathology, with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) a prime early target. The positive and negative affect domains are prime examples of Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) concepts that may enrich a multilevel mechanistic map of psychopathology risk. Utilizing both variable-centered and person-centered approaches, the current study examined whether levels and trajectories of infant negative and positive emotionality, considered either in isolation or together, predicted children's ADHD symptoms at 4 to 8 years of age. In variable-centered analyses, higher levels of infant negative affect (at as early as 3 months of age) were associated with childhoo

SUBMITTER: Gustafsson HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9555229 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature