학술논문
Temperament and psychopathology: The "community" to which you belong matters.
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*TEMPERAMENT in children
*CHILD psychopathology
*INTERNALIZING behavior
*ANXIETY in children
*WHITE children
*HISPANIC American children
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Language
ISSN
0009-3920
Abstract
We utilized a community detection approach to longitudinally (a) identify distinct groups of children with common temperament profiles in infancy and at 2 and 3 years of age and (b) determine whether co‐occurrence of certain temperament traits may be early predictors of internalizing problems at 5 years of age. Seven hundred and seventy‐four infants (360 girls; 88.6% White, 9.8% Hispanic, and 1.6% other races) were recruited from the Boston area. Data collection spanned from 2012 to 2021. The analysis yielded three distinct groups of children with different temperament traits and was associated with significant variation in levels of internalizing symptoms and anxiety diagnosis rate. Our findings suggest that stable temperament "communities" can be detected in early childhood and may predict risk for psychopathology later in life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]