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Temperament profiles associated with internalizing and externalizing problems in preadolescence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2004

ALBERTINE J. OLDEHINKEL ,
CATHARINA A. HARTMAN ,
ANDREA F. DE WINTER ,
RENÉ VEENSTRA  and
JOHAN ORMEL
ALBERTINE J. OLDEHINKEL
Affiliation:
University of Groningen Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam
CATHARINA A. HARTMAN
Affiliation:
University of Groningen
ANDREA F. DE WINTER
Affiliation:
University of Groningen
RENÉ VEENSTRA
Affiliation:
University of Groningen
JOHAN ORMEL
Affiliation:
University of Groningen
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Abstract

This study investigates how temperament factors are linked to internalizing and externalizing problems in a Dutch population sample of preadolescents (N = 2230). Internalizing and externalizing problems were assessed by the Child Behavior Checklist and the Youth Self-Report and temperament was evaluated by the parent-version of the Revised Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire. Temperament profiles were examined in children with (a) neither internalizing nor externalizing problems, (b) only internalizing problems, (c) only externalizing problems, and (d) both internalizing and externalizing problems. The results suggest clearly diverging temperament profiles for these groups of children, with High-Intensity Pleasure and Shyness (representing the broad dimension of Surgency) steering the conditional probability of internalizing and externalizing problems (direction markers), Frustration mainly being related to maladaptation in general (severity marker), and Fear and Effortful Control being associated with both the severity and the direction of internalizing and externalizing problems, respectively. Girls and boys differed in the distribution across the problem groups, but the associations between temperament and psychopathology were comparable for both genders.This research is part of the Tracking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey (TRAILS). Participating centers of TRAILS include various Departments of the University of Groningen, the Erasmus Medical Center of Rotterdam, the Vrije University of Amsterdam, the University of Nijmegen, and the Trimbos Institute, The Netherlands. TRAILS is financially supported by grants from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (GB-MW 940-38-011, GB-MAG 480-01-006, ZonMw 100-001-001) and the Ministry of Justice (to F.C.V.) and by the participating centers.

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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , June 2004 , pp. 421 - 440
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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