Internalising and Externalising Symptoms and Their Association with the Family Environment in Young Children with Williams Syndrome: A Longitudinal Study

• Published in: Children (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 10; p. 1717
• Main Authors: Ilic, Tamara, Porter, Melanie A, Reeve, Jessica L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Age; Anxiety disorders; Behavior; CBCL; child behaviour checklist; Children; Domestic relations; Down syndrome; Families & family life; Family; family environment; Gender differences; Hyperactivity; Investigations; Longitudinal studies; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Mental disorders; Pediatrics; Psychology, Pathological; Psychopathology; Teenagers; Williams syndrome; Morocco; Australia

Williams Syndrome (WS) involves high rates of psychopathology across the lifespan. However, little is known about the early, longitudinal trajectory of internalising/externalising symptoms or the association between these and the family environment in WS. WS (n = 16; aged 2 years, 2 months to 9 year...