Birth order and socioeconomic disadvantage predict behavioural and emotional problems at age 3 years

Hjern, Anders; Bergström, Malin; Fransson, Emma; Lindfors, Anncharlotte; Bergqvist, Kersti

doi:10.1111/apa.16094

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“…Further, a higher proportion of participating parents were seeking parenting support for boys. As studies suggest that boys express more regulation difficulties than girls during preschool-age [ 62 , 94 , 95 ], this uneven gender distribution might also indicate higher behaviour problems among the children in the Triple P groups. The Triple P system is designed as a stepped intervention, providing more intense parenting support at higher levels.…”

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confidence: 99%

Successful implementation of parenting support at preschool: An evaluation of Triple P in Sweden

et al. 2022

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Although emotional and behavioural problems among young children are common and, if unaddressed, can lead to multi-facetted problems later in life, there is little research investigating the implementation of parenting programs that target these problems. In this study, the RE-AIM framework was used to evaluate the implementation of the Triple P parenting program in a preschool setting at a medium-sized municipality in Sweden. Reach increased over time, showing an overall increase in participating fathers and parents with lower education. Effectiveness outcomes showed an improvement in emotional and behavioural problems in children and less mental health-related symptoms and higher self-efficacy in parents. Adoption rate was 93.3%. To ensure staff “buy-in”, designated coordinators made changes in recruitment procedures, and provided supervision and training to all Triple P practitioners. Implementation adaptations were made, such as minor revisions of parenting strategies and other program content, as well as providing child care during seminars and groups, and setting up weekend-groups. Maintenance assessed through 12 month follow-up data suggested that several child and parent outcomes were maintained over time. Uppsala municipality continues to offer Triple P to parents. The reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and maintenance of the program were all satisfactory and demonstrated the suitability of delivering evidence-based parenting support using preschools as an arena.

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“…The varying perceptions of the child's abilities can be explained by the fact that the child is in different contexts, in interaction with people with different demands and expectations. In addition, the parents' mental health, socioeconomic condition, other mother tongue and cultural contexts (57)(58)(59) may affect what the parents tell the CHC psychologist about their child's mental psychosocial health.…”

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The importance of validated questionnaire by parents, preschool and child psychologist in preschool children with ESSENCE symptoms: A comparative study

Gustafsson,

Levander

2022

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Background It is important to detect children with Early Symptomatic Syndromes Eliciting Neurodevelopmental Clinical Examinations (ESSENCE) in order to implement early intervention and support for the child and family. Standardized instruments for assessment of behaviour problems, engagement and psychosocial health are needed to obtain an objective picture of the preschool child's mental health. Aim To explore and compare parents', preschool teachers' and child health care psychologists' assessment of behaviour, everyday function, engagement, social interaction and psychosocial health in children with ESSENCE symptoms. Method Parents of 152 children (114 boys and 38 girls, 4.5 ± 1 years) with ESSENCE symptoms, 155 preschool teachers and 8 child psychologists participated. Parents and preschool teachers assessed externalizing and internalizing behavioural problems using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), including the SDQ supplement for assessing everyday function. Preschool teachers also assessed engagement and social interaction using the Children's Engagement Questionnaire (CEQ), and the child psychologists assessed psychosocial health with the Child Psychosocial Health Assessment (LillaLAPS). Results Parents', preschool teachers' and child psychologists' assessment of the child's mental health largely agreed. Both parents and preschool teachers see a strength in the child's social abilities. Parents especially see challenges with behaviour and function in daily life. Preschool teachers consider behavioural problems, hyperactivity, conduct problems, peer problems and function in daily life as a greater challenge compared with the parents' assessment. Conclusion Combining assessment with SDQ, SDQ supplement, CEQ and LillaLAPS seems promising in detecting preschool children with ESSENCE symptoms early on. However, it is important to consider different contexts to obtain an overall evaluation of the child's need for support in everyday life.

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“…Interestingly, although only a small number of studies which included exclusively young children (0-7 years), all studies except one [64] showed that children in nuclear families and SPC families had equal outcomes [12,50,51,60,63]. In contrast, children in LPC families had the worst outcomes in four of the six (60.0%) studies.…”

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Systematic review and theoretical comparison of children’s outcomes in post-separation living arrangements

Vowels,

Comolli,

Bernardi

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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The purpose of the systematic review was to synthesize the literature on children’s outcomes across different living arrangements (nuclear families, shared physical custody [SPC], lone physical custody [LPC]) by extracting and structuring relevant theoretical hypotheses (selection, instability, fewer resources, and stressful mobility) and comparing the empirical findings against these hypotheses. Following the PRISMA guidelines, the review included 39 studies conducted between January 2010-December 2022 and compared the living arrangements across five domains of children’s outcomes: emotional, behavioral, relational, physical, and educational. The results showed that children’s outcomes were the best in nuclear families but in 75% of the studies children in SPC arrangements had equal outcomes. Children in LPC tended to report the worst outcomes. When compared with the different theoretical hypotheses, the results were the most consistent with fewer resources hypothesis which suggests that children especially in LPC families have fewer relational and economic resources whereas children in SPC families are better able to maintain resources from both parents.

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Birth order and socioeconomic disadvantage predict behavioural and emotional problems at age 3 years

Cited by 10 publications

References 27 publications

Successful implementation of parenting support at preschool: An evaluation of Triple P in Sweden

Successful implementation of parenting support at preschool: An evaluation of Triple P in Sweden

The importance of validated questionnaire by parents, preschool and child psychologist in preschool children with ESSENCE symptoms: A comparative study

Systematic review and theoretical comparison of children’s outcomes in post-separation living arrangements

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