Citation

Stoolmiller M, Snyder J. J. Pediatr. Psychol. 2014; 39(2): 222-232.

Affiliation

University of Oregon, College of Education and Department of Psychology, Wichita State University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/jpepsy/jst076

PMID

24133296

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Demonstrate multivariate multilevel survival analysis within a larger structural equation model. Test the 3 hypotheses that when confronted by a negative parent, child rates of angry, sad/fearful, and positive emotion will increase, decrease, and stay the same, respectively, for antisocial compared with normal children. This same pattern will predict increases in future antisocial behavior. METHODS: Parent-child dyads were videotaped in the fall of kindergarten in the laboratory and antisocial behavior ratings were obtained in the fall of kindergarten and third grade. RESULTS: Kindergarten antisocial predicted less child sad/fear and child positive but did not predict child anger given parent negative. Less child positive and more child neutral given parent negative predicted increases in third-grade antisocial behavior. CONCLUSIONS: The model is a useful analytic tool for studying rates of social behavior. Lack of positive affect or excess neutral affect may be a new risk factor for child antisocial behavior.

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