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Can reactivity and regulation in infancy predict inattentive and hyperactive/impulsive behavior in 3-year-olds?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2018

Matilda A. Frick ,
Tommie Forslund  and
Karin C. Brocki
Matilda A. Frick*
Affiliation:
Uppsala University
Tommie Forslund
Affiliation:
Uppsala University
Karin C. Brocki
Affiliation:
Uppsala University
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Matilda Frick, Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Box 1225, 751 42 Uppsala, Sweden; E-mail: matilda.frick@psyk.uu.se.
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Abstract

A need to identify early infant markers of later occurring inattentive and hyperactive/impulsive behaviors has come to the fore in the current attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder literature. The purpose of such studies is to identify driving mechanisms that could enable early detection of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder liability and thus facilitate early intervention. Here we study independent and interactive effects of cognitive regulation (inhibition and sustained attention), temperament (reactive and regulatory aspects), and maternal sensitivity (as external regulation) in a sample of 112 typically developing 10-month-old infants (59 boys, 52.7%), in relation to inattentive and hyperactive/impulsive behavior at 3 years. The results showed that infant temperamental regulation and maternal sensitivity made independent contributions to both inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity, in that higher levels of temperamental regulation and maternal sensitivity were related to less inattentive and hyperactive/impulsive behavior. In addition, the temperamental factor positive affectivity/surgency made a significant contribution to later hyperactivity/impulsivity, in that higher levels of positive affectivity/surgency were related to more hyperactive/impulsive behavior. No interaction effects were found. Our findings suggest temperament and parental regulation as potential and independent markers of later inattentive and hyperactive/impulsive behavior.

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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , May 2019 , pp. 619 - 629
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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Footnotes

This research was supported by Grant 421-2012-1222 from Vetenskapsrådet. Thanks to Kim Creswell and Karin Sandelin, research assistants, for data collection and coding.

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