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Early life stress and behavior problems in early childhood: Investigating the contributions of child temperament and executive functions to resilience

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Authors

Schuurmans, Isabel K. 
Jongerling, Joran 
Metcalf, Stephen A.  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7000-2966
Lucassen, Nicole 

Abstract

Abstract: This preregistered study examined whether child temperament and executive functions moderated the longitudinal association between early life stress (ELS) and behavior problems. In a Dutch population‐based cohort (n = 2803), parents reported on multiple stressors (age 0–6 years), child temperament (age 5), and executive functions (age 4), and teachers rated child internalizing and externalizing problems (age 7). Results showed that greater ELS was related to higher levels of internalizing and externalizing problems, with betas reflecting small effects. Lower surgency buffered the positive association of ELS with externalizing problems, while better shifting capacities weakened the positive association between ELS and internalizing problems. Other child characteristics did not act as moderators. Findings underscore the importance of examining multiple protective factors simultaneously.

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Funder: NWO: Nederlandse organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003246


Funder: ZonMw; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001826


Funder: Ministry of Youth and Families


Funder: Fulbright U.S. Student Program


Funder: Erasmus Medisch Centrum; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003061


Funder: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001828


Funder: Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002999

Keywords

EMPIRICAL ARTICLE, EMPIRICAL ARTICLES

Journal Title

Child Development

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Journal ISSN

0009-3920
1467-8624

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Erasmus Initiatives ‘Vital Cities and Citizens’ of Erasmus University Rotterdam (14000000.005)