Predicting Preschoolers' Externalizing Behaviors from Toddler Temperament, Conflict, and Maternal Negativity.

Rubin, Kenneth H.; Burgess, Kim B.; Dwyer, Kathleen M.; Hastings, Paul D.

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Publication Date: 2003

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Predicting Preschoolers' Externalizing Behaviors from Toddler Temperament, Conflict, and Maternal Negativity.

Rubin, Kenneth H.; Burgess, Kim B.; Dwyer, Kathleen M.; Hastings, Paul D.

Developmental Psychology, v39 n1 p164-76 Jan 2003

This study examined toddler precursors of preschoolers' externalizing behaviors. Findings indicated that boys initiated more conflictual-aggressive interactions as toddlers and had more externalizing difficulties 2 years later, yet girls' (not boys') conflict-aggressive initiations at age 2 related to subsequent externalizing problems. The relation between conflict-aggressive initiation at age 2 and externalizing problems at age 4 was strongest for dysregulated toddlers and for toddlers incurring high maternal negativity levels. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Problems, Conflict, Longitudinal Studies, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Personality, Predictor Variables, Preschool Children, Self Control, Sex Differences

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Language: English

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