Social competence, externalizing, and internalizing behavioral adjustment from early childhood through early adolescence: Developmental cascades

This study used a three-wave longitudinal design to investigate developmental cascades among social competence and externalizing and internalizing behavioral adjustment in a normative sample of 117 children seen at 4, 10, and 14 years. Children, mothers, and teachers provided data. A series of neste...

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Published in:Development and psychopathology 2010-11, Vol.22 (4), p.717-735
Main Authors: Bornstein, Marc H., Hahn, Chun-Shin, Haynes, O. Maurice
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adjustment
Adolescence
Adolescent
Adolescent Development
Adolescents
Age
Behavior
Child
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Child Development
Child psychology
Child, Preschool
Childhood
Children
Children & youth
Female
Friends - psychology
Humans
Influence
Intelligence
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Peers
Psychological Tests
Psychopathology
Social Adjustment
Social Behavior
Social desirability
Social interactions
Social research
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
United States
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Summary:This study used a three-wave longitudinal design to investigate developmental cascades among social competence and externalizing and internalizing behavioral adjustment in a normative sample of 117 children seen at 4, 10, and 14 years. Children, mothers, and teachers provided data. A series of nested path analysis models was used to determine the most parsimonious and plausible cascades across the three constructs over and above their covariation at each age and stability across age. Children with lower social competence at age 4 years exhibited more externalizing and internalizing behaviors at age 10 years and more externalizing behaviors at age 14 years. Children with lower social competence at age 4 years also exhibited more internalizing behaviors at age 10 years and more internalizing behaviors at age 14 years. Children who exhibited more internalizing behaviors at age 4 years exhibited more internalizing behaviors at age 10 years and more externalizing behaviors at age 14 years. These cascades among social competence and behavioral adjustment obtained independent of child intelligence and maternal education and social desirability of responding.
ISSN:0954-5794
1469-2198
DOI:10.1017/S0954579410000416