Language Difficulty at School Entry and the Trajectories of Hyperactivity-Inattention Problems from Ages 4 to 11: Evidence from a Population-Representative Cohort Study
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Goh, Shaun; O'Kearney, Richard
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Latent growth curve modelling was used to contrast the developmental trajectories of hyperactivity-inattention (H-I) problems across childhood for children with a language difficulty at the start of school and those with typical language and to examine if the presence of a language difficulty moderates the associations of child, parent and peer predictors with these trajectories. Unconditional and language-status conditional latent growth curves of H-I problems were estimated for a large...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Goh, Shaun | |
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dc.contributor.author | O'Kearney, Richard | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-21T23:42:51Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0091-0627 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/203344 | |
dc.description.abstract | Latent growth curve modelling was used to contrast the developmental trajectories of hyperactivity-inattention (H-I) problems across childhood for children with a language difficulty at the start of school and those with typical language and to examine if the presence of a language difficulty moderates the associations of child, parent and peer predictors with these trajectories. Unconditional and language-status conditional latent growth curves of H-I problems were estimated for a large nationally representative cohort of children, comprising 1627 boys (280 - language difficulty) and 1609 girls (159 - language difficulty) measured at age 4 to 5, 6 to 7, 8 to 9 and 10 to 11. Multiple regression tested interaction between language status and predictors of the level and slope of the trajectory of H-I problems. On average, boy's H-I behaviours showed temporal stability while for girls H-I decreased over time with a slower rate of decrease with age. For both boys and girls, the levels of H-I problems were persistently elevated for those with a language difficulty compared to their peers. Neither the shape nor rate of change of H-I problems were associated with language status. Child sociability predicted the rate of growth in H-I for boys with a language difficulty but not for other boys. Child prosocial behaviours and parental psychological distress predicted the rate of growth in H-I for girls with a language difficulty but not for other girls. Parental hostility was associated with the rate of growth only for boys with typical language. The findings indicate that having a language difficulty at school entry is associated with persistently higher levels of H-I problems across childhood and moderates the rate of their growth in some circumstances. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_AU | |
dc.publisher | Springer Verlag | |
dc.rights | © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016 | |
dc.source | Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology | |
dc.title | Language Difficulty at School Entry and the Trajectories of Hyperactivity-Inattention Problems from Ages 4 to 11: Evidence from a Population-Representative Cohort Study | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 45 | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 170204 - Linguistic Processes (incl. Speech Production and Comprehension) | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u4485658xPUB920 | |
local.publisher.url | https://link.springer.com | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Goh, Shaun, College of Health and Medicine, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | O'Kearney, Richard, College of Health and Medicine, ANU | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 6 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 1105 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 1118 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s10802-016-0241-x | |
local.identifier.absseo | 920501 - Child Health | |
dc.date.updated | 2019-11-25T07:55:36Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-85001065606 | |
local.identifier.thomsonID | 000406185000005 | |
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