Early risk for child externalising symptoms: Examining genetic, prenatal, temperamental and parental influences

This study utilised the Early Growth and Development Study (N = 561 adoptive children; 57.2% male, 55.3% White), a study of children adopted at birth, to examine heritable (birth parent psychopathology) and prenatal risk (prenatal maternal distress and smoking during pregnancy), infant negative affe...

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Published inInfant and child development Vol. 33; no. 4
Main Authors Lee, Sohee, Robertson, Olivia C., Marceau, Kristine, Knopik, Valerie S., Natsuaki, Misaki N., Shaw, Daniel S., Leve, Leslie D., Ganiban, Jody M., Neiderhiser, Jenae M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2024
Subjects
Adopted children
Candidates
Childhood
externalising symptoms
heritable
Infants
Maternal distress
Moderation
Natural parents
Negative emotions
over‐reactive parenting
parental warmth
Parenting style
Parents & parenting
prenatal
Prenatal care
Psychological distress
Psychopathology
Reactivity
Smoking
temperament
parental warmth
externalizing symptoms
heritable
over-reactive parenting
prenatal
temperament
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Summary:This study utilised the Early Growth and Development Study (N = 561 adoptive children; 57.2% male, 55.3% White), a study of children adopted at birth, to examine heritable (birth parent psychopathology) and prenatal risk (prenatal maternal distress and smoking during pregnancy), infant negative affectivity, adoptive parent over‐reactivity and warmth as independent predictors of childhood externalising symptoms. The current study evaluated if: (1) infant negative affectivity and over‐reactive parenting are candidate mediators for the effects of heritable and prenatal risk on externalising symptoms and (2) parental warmth weakens the influence of heritable risk, prenatal risk, negative affectivity and over‐reactive parenting on externalising symptoms. There were main effects of heritable risk, infant negative affectivity and over‐reactive parenting on child externalising symptoms. The study found no support for the hypothesised mediation and moderation effects, suggesting that targeting parental over‐reactivity rather than warmth would be more effective in reducing the risk for childhood externalising symptoms.
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ISSN:1522-7227
1522-7219
DOI:10.1002/icd.2508