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. 2020 Oct;29(10):1349-1361.
doi: 10.1007/s00787-019-01444-z. Epub 2019 Nov 22.

Predictors and outcomes of self-reported dysregulation profiles in youth from age 11 to 21 years

Marcel Aebi  1   2 , Christa Winkler Metzke  3 , Hans-Christoph Steinhausen  3   4   5   6
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Predictors and outcomes of self-reported dysregulation profiles in youth from age 11 to 21 years

Marcel Aebi et al. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2020 Oct.

Abstract

Understanding the dysregulation profile (DP) consisting of high scores in aggression, attention problems, and anxious/depressed problems is still limited. The aims of the present study were threefold: (a) to analyze developmental trajectories of DP (b) to identify predictors of these trajectories, and (c) to study the outcome of DP in terms of mental disorders and criminal offenses in young adulthood. A sample of 402 individuals aged 11-14 years at baseline was followed up during adolescence and young adulthood. Latent class growth analysis was used to identify DP based on the youth self-report and the young adult self-report. Self-related cognitions, perceived parental behavior, life events and coping served as predictors, psychiatric diagnoses and criminal convictions in young adulthood as outcomes. There were three developmental trajectories representing high, moderate, and low DP subgroups with 9.2% of participants represented by the high DP subgroup. Among predictors, self-esteem (negative), self-awareness (positive), and high numbers of life events had the most consistent effect on high DP. Affective and anxiety disorders and any mental disorder were significant outcomes of the high DP subgroup in both sexes at the time of young adulthood. This first report on DP based on longitudinal self-reports shows that DP is stable for a sizeable proportion of youth during adolescence and young adulthood. The predictors for DP share some similarity with those predicting psychopathology in general. However, so far there seems to be no heightened risk for the development of crime in the concerned individuals.

Keywords: Adolescence; Crime; Dysregulation profile; Psychopathology; Risks; Young adulthood.

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