Are Infant-Toddler Social-Emotional and Behavioral Problems Transient?

Briggs‐Gowan, Margaret J.; Carter, Alice S.; Bosson-Heenan, Joan; Guyer, Amanda E.; Horwitz, Sarah M.

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“…Fifty-eight percent of the sample was under 2 years of age, thus allowing us to explore the factors that influence individual differences in very early emerging behavior problems. Given the Schmitz et al (1994) findings that showed substantial shared environmental influences in their 2-year-old sample and the research from middle childhood that suggests that genetic effects may increase with age Rice et al, 2002;Rhee & Waldman, 2002;Scourfield et al, 2003), we hypothesized that shared environmental factors would play an important role in the variability of behavior problems in our toddler sample.The second way in which we extend prior research is through our use of a novel measure, the Infant Toddler Social Emotional Assessment (ITSEA; Carter & Briggs-Gowan, 2006;Carter, Briggs-Gowan, Jones, & Little, 2003), to assess behavior problems. The extent to which behavioral genetic findings replicate across measures informs about the robustness of the effects.…”

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The etiology of behavioral problems and competencies in very young twins.

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Purper-Ouakil

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Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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Although genetic and environmental influences on behavior problems in middle childhood and adolescence have been well-studied, little is known about the etiology of behavior problems in very early childhood. The present study explores genetic and environmental contributions to individual differences in behavior problems and competences in an infant-toddler sample of twins. There were 1,950 twin pairs (mean age = 23.8 months) who were rated by parents on the InfantToddler Social and Emotional Assessment. All four domains (Externalizing, Internalizing, Dysregulation, Competence) and 20 subscales-indices on the Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment displayed significant heritability. There were also substantial shared environmental influences operating on most of the domains and subscales. Compared with behavior problems, behavioral competencies were less heritable and more influenced by shared environments. Keywords twins; behavior problems; genetics; model fittingThe toddler period may be a critical time for the early emergence of clinically significant problem behaviors (Campbell, 1985;Keenan & Wakschlag, 2000). Externalizing problems (e.g., aggression, conduct disorders, hyperactivity) and internalizing problems (e.g., anxiety, depression, and emotional problems) can be reliably identified in very early childhood and show considerable stability across age (e.g., Briggs-Gowan et al., 2006;Campbell, Pierce, March, Ewing, & Szumowski, 1994; Fischer, Rolf, Haszi, & Cummings, 1984;Keenan, Shaw, Delliquadri, Giovannelli, & Walsh, 1998;Lavigne et al., 1998;Mathiesen & Sanson, 2000;Olson, Bates, Sandy, & Lanthier, 2000). Toddlers who display problem behaviors are at risk for a variety of nonoptimal developmental outcomes including poor academic performance, conflictual parent-child interactions, peer rejection, delinquency, and later Copyright 2008 by the American Psychological Association Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Kimberly J. Saudino, Department of Psychology, Boston University, 64 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215. ksaudino@bu.edu. maladjustment (e.g., Caspi, Moffitt, Newman, & Silva, 1996;Hofstra, van der Ende, & Verhulst, 2002;Patterson, DeBaryshe, & Ramsey, 1989;Stevenson & Goodman, 2001). Given their developmental significance, it is important to understand the factors that influence problem behaviors in very young children. NIH Public AccessThe etiology of behavior problems in middle childhood and adolescence has been well studied. Twin and adoption studies examining externalizing, internalizing, and related behavior problems consistently reveal substantial genetic influence, with heritabilities in the range of .40-.70 (e.g., Bartels et al., 2003Bartels et al., , 2004Edelbrock, Rende, Plomin, & Thompson, 1995;Leve, Winebarger, Fagot, Reid, & Goldsmith, 1998;Saudino, Ronald, & Plomin, 2005). The influence of shared environments on behavior problems is typically more modest, explaining between 0% and 40% of the variance in behavior problems (e.g., Bartels et...

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The etiology of behavioral problems and competencies in very young twins.

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“…In this sense, anxiety is often associated with sensory hyper-reactivity [27,28] and inhibition to novel stimuli [29] in both clinical and non-clinical populations. Other studies have shown that affective symptoms tend to persist in children after 2 or 3 years of age, with a higher incidence when accompanied by sensory modulation deficits [18]. Therefore, studies should analyze whether behavioral and sensory symptoms reflect different concepts as well as whether the association between these symptoms is higher in RDSP diagnoses compared with other psychiatric disorders of the DC: 0-3R.…”

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“…Relatedly, several studies have noted the phenotypic similarities between RDSP and other diagnoses in toddlers [7,10,[13][14][15][16] such as anxiety [17] or other emotional problems [18], Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) [13] and other ''relationship-based diagnoses'' [19]. This similarity has led researchers to question whether RDSP symptoms can help to distinguish RDSP from the other psychiatric disorders that affect children [20,21].…”

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The Role of Sensory Modulation Deficits and Behavioral Symptoms in a Diagnosis for Early Childhood

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Diéguez

Jané

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Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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To contribute to the validation of the sensory and behavioral criteria for Regulation Disorders of Sensory Processing (RDSP) (DC:0-3R, 2005), this study examined a sample of toddlers in a clinical setting to analyze: (1) the severity of sensory modulation deficits and the behavioral symptoms of RDSP; (2) the associations between sensory and behavioral symptoms; and (3) the specific role of sensory modulation deficits in an RDSP diagnosis. Based on clinical observations, 78 toddlers were classified into two groups: toddlers with RDSP (N = 18) and those with ''other diagnoses in Axis I/II of the DC:0-3R'' (OD3R; N = 60). The parents completed the Infant Toddler Sensory Profile and the Achenbach Checklist. The results revealed that the RDSP group had more severe sensory modulation deficits and specific behavioral symptoms; stronger, although not significant, associations between most sensory and behavioral symptoms; and a significant sensory modulation deficit effect. These findings support the validity of RDSP.

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“…The authors speculate that (a) there might be an early influence of language and/or motor skills on social withdrawal behaviours, (b) language and/or motor difficulties might co-occur with social withdrawal behaviours, (c) the in infancy are predictive of a range of social, emotional and behavioural problems in childhood [5][6][7][8][9].…”

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The effect of early developmental problems in infancy: perspectives and clinical implications

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Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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Are Infant-Toddler Social-Emotional and Behavioral Problems Transient?

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The etiology of behavioral problems and competencies in very young twins.

The etiology of behavioral problems and competencies in very young twins.

The Role of Sensory Modulation Deficits and Behavioral Symptoms in a Diagnosis for Early Childhood

The effect of early developmental problems in infancy: perspectives and clinical implications

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