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. 2008 Sep-Oct;79(5):1357-76.
doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01193.x.

Profiles of disruptive behavior across early childhood: contributions of frustration reactivity, physiological regulation, and maternal behavior

Kathryn A Degnan  1 , Susan D Calkins, Susan P Keane, Ashley L Hill-Soderlund
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Profiles of disruptive behavior across early childhood: contributions of frustration reactivity, physiological regulation, and maternal behavior

Kathryn A Degnan et al. Child Dev. 2008 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Disruptive behavior, including aggression, defiance, and temper tantrums, typically peaks in early toddlerhood and decreases by school entry; however, some children do not show this normative decline. The current study examined disruptive behavior in 318 boys and girls at 2, 4, and 5 years of age and frustration reactivity, physiological regulation, and maternal behavior in the laboratory at 2 years of age. A latent profile analysis resulted in 4 longitudinal profiles of disruptive behavior, which were differentiated by interactions between reactivity, regulation, and maternal behavior. A high profile was associated with high reactivity combined with high maternal control or low regulation combined with low maternal control. Results are discussed from a developmental psychopathology perspective.

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Figure 1
Profiles of disruptive behavior from 2 to 5 years of age
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Figure 2
Interactions with maternal control (MC) predicting log-odds of membership in high profile: (a) High profile vs. moderate profile: MC by frustration reactivity, (b) High profile vs. low profile: MC by frustration reactivity, (c) High profile vs. moderate profile: MC by physiological regulation
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Figure 3
Interactions with frustration reactivity and physiological regulation predicting log-odds of membership in high and low profiles: (a) High profile vs. normative profile, (b) Low profile vs. normative profile
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