Sex Differences in Associations between Early Adversity, Child Temperament, and Behavior Problems

Autor/inn/en	Coe, Jesse L.; Micalizzi, Lauren; Josefson, Brittney; Parade, Stephanie H.; Seifer, Ronald; Tyrka, Audrey R.
Titel	Sex Differences in Associations between Early Adversity, Child Temperament, and Behavior Problems
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 44 (2020) 6, S.490-504 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Coe, Jesse L.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025420912012
Schlagwörter	Gender Differences; Personality Traits; Behavior Problems; Preschool Children; Child Abuse; Psychological Patterns; Stress Variables; Inhibition; Self Control; Attention; Environmental Influences; Child Rearing; Parent Influence; Caregivers; Child Neglect; Check Lists; Child Behavior; Family Characteristics; Family Environment; Child Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Abuse of children; Abuse; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Hemmung; Selbstbeherrschung; Aufmerksamkeit; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Kindererziehung; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Kindesvernachlässigung; Checkliste; Familienmilieu
Abstract	Early adversity is associated with both internalizing and externalizing problems among children, and effects of adversity on dimensions of child temperament may underlie these links. However, very little is known about the role of child sex in these processes. The current study examined whether there are indirect effects of early adversity on behavior problems through dimensions of child temperament and whether these indirect effects vary across child sex. Participants in this multimethod (parent-report survey, semistructured interview, child protection records) study included 274 preschool-aged children (M[subscript age] = 50.86 months; 52% with documented case of moderate to severe maltreatment) and their primary caregivers assessed at two time points spaced 6 months apart. Results of multigroup path analyses revealed that while anger mediated associations between lifetime stress and behavior problems for the full sample, inhibitory control and appropriate attentional allocation were significant intermediary mechanisms of lifetime stress for boys, but not for girls. Inhibitory control mediated associations between maltreatment and behavior problems for the full sample, but appropriate attentional allocation mediated these associations for boys only. Results suggest that early adversity influences child behavior problems through child temperament, particularly for boys. This work supports the perspective that temperament is influenced by characteristics of the early rearing environment, and the indirect effects of adversity on behavior problems through temperament vary across sex. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01