Developmental patterns of anger from infancy to middle childhood predict problem behaviors at age 8.
Year: 2018
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: = 361) used group-based trajectory analysis and identified 6 distinct patterns of parent-reported child anger by rank across 9 months to 7 years: low-stable rank, average-stable rank, average-decreasing rank, average-increasing rank, high-decreasing rank, and high-stable rank. Most children (65.1%) were in low- to average-rank groups. However, 28.2% and 6.7% of the children were in average-increasing and high-stable groups, respectively. Children in the high-stable group showed elevated levels of externalizing and internalizing problems at age 8 compared to children in the average-stable, average-decreasing, and high-decreasing groups. These findings help to clarify different patterns of anger development across childhood and how they may relate to later problem behaviors. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
Source: Developmental Psychology
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000589
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funders: National Institutes of Health, U.S. Public Health Service, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
OpenAlex ID: W2893887280