ArticlePloS one2018
Measuring and understanding social-emotional behaviors in preschoolers from rural Pakistan.
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- Non-linear associations between HPA axis activity during infancy and mental health difficulties during early childhood among children in rural Pakistan.Development and psychopathology · 2023Article
- Association between Mothers' Emotional Problems and Autistic Children's Behavioral Problems: The Moderating Effect of Parenting Style.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Association of household food insecurity with developmental delay in preschool children: 2018 Ecuadorian Nutrition and Health National Survey.Journal of nutritional science · 2023Article
- How the home learning environment contributes to children's social-emotional competence: A moderated mediation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Parental perception on screen time and psychological distress among young children.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2021Article
- Measuring Young Children's Executive Function and Self-Regulation in Classrooms and Other Real-World Settings.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2019Review
- Delineating Trajectories of Social-Emotional Competence in Infants and Toddlers.Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant StudiesArticle
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Abstract
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is widely-used to measure symptoms of common childhood behavioral problems that may lead to mental health difficulties. In a sample of 1,302 highly-disadvantaged mothers and their preschoolers, we evaluated the factor structure and reliability of the parent-report version of the SDQ in rural Pakistan. Confirmatory factor analyses suggested that the original structure of the SDQ was not appropriate for our data. We created conceptually- and empirically-coherent measures of children's externalizing behavior problems and prosocial skills. Child and family correlates of social-emotional behaviors were similar to those found in other countries, supporting the validity of our new composites. Girls and children with more siblings had fewer externalizing behavior problems and more prosocial behaviors at four years. Further, maternal depressive symptoms and food insecurity were uniquely linked to more externalizing behavior problems at four years. In contrast, maternal education, home environment quality, and social-emotional skills at two years were associated with more prosocial behaviors at four years.
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