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ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2018

Early adolescent outcomes of joint developmental trajectories of problem behavior and IQ in childhood.

Eirini Flouri, Efstathios Papachristou, Emily Midouhas, Heather Joshi, George B Ploubidis, Glyn Lewis

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Article in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Associations between Early Psychosocial Deprivation, Cognitive and Psychiatric Morbidity, and Risk-taking Behavior in Adolescence.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53
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  10. Development of Internalizing Mental Health Symptoms from Early Childhood to Late Adolescence.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024
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  14. IQ Modulates Coupling Between Diverse Dimensions of Psychopathology in Children and Adolescents.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eirini FlouriDepartment of Psychology and Human Development, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, 25 Woburn Square, London, WC1H 0AA, UK. e.flouri@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6207-4847
Efstathios PapachristouDepartment of Psychology and Human Development, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, 25 Woburn Square, London, WC1H 0AA, UK.
Emily MidouhasDepartment of Psychology and Human Development, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, 25 Woburn Square, London, WC1H 0AA, UK.
Heather JoshiDepartment of Social Science, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, London, UK.
George B PloubidisDepartment of Social Science, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, London, UK.
Glyn LewisUCL Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK.
University College London · GBEnergy Institute · GB

Funding

Economic and Social Research Council ES/N007921/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

General cognitive ability (IQ) and problem behavior (externalizing and internalizing problems) are variable and inter-related in children. However, it is unknown how they co-develop in the general child population and how their patterns of co-development may be related to later outcomes. We carried out this study to explore this. Using data from 16,844 Millennium Cohort Study children, we fitted three-parallel-process growth mixture models to identify joint developmental trajectories of internalizing, externalizing and IQ scores at ages 3-11 years. We then examined their associations with age 11 outcomes. We identified a typically developing group (83%) and three atypical groups, all with worse behavior and ability: children with improving behavior and low (but improving in males) ability (6%); children with persistently high levels of problems and low ability (5%); and children with worsening behavior and low ability (6%). Compared to typically developing children, the latter two groups were more likely to show poor decision-making, be bullies or bully victims, engage in antisocial behaviors, skip and dislike school, be unhappy and have low self-esteem. By contrast, children (especially males) in the improver group had outcomes that were similar to, or even better than, those of their typically developing peers. These findings encourage the development of interventions to target children with both cognitive and behavioral difficulties.

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Internal-External ControlProblem BehaviorAntisocial Personality DisorderBullyingChildChild Behavior DisordersChild DevelopmentChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMalePopulation SurveillanceCognitive abilityExternalizing problemsInternalizing problemsIQJoint trajectoriesProblem behavior

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PMCPMC6245124
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