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Nov, 2010;22 (4): 717-35.

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

Marc H Bornstein, Chun-Shin Hahn, O Maurice Haynes
Author Information
  1. Marc H Bornstein: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-7971, USA. marc_h_bornstein@nih.gov
PMID: 20883577 DOI: 10.1017/S0954579410000416

Abstract

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.

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Grants

  1. Z01 HD001119/Intramural NIH HHS
  2. Z01 HD001119-20/Intramural NIH HHS

MeSH Term

Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adolescent Development
Child
Child Development
Child, Preschool
Female
Friends
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Psychological Tests
Social Adjustment
Social Behavior
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States
Journal Article Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
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