@article{ref1,
title="Profiles of externalizing behavior problems for boys and girls across preschool: the roles of emotion regulation and inattention",
journal="Developmental psychology",
year="2006",
author="Hill, Ashley L. and Degnan, Kathryn A. and Calkins, Susan D. and Keane, Susan P.",
volume="42",
number="5",
pages="913-928",
abstract="Although externalizing behavior typically peaks in toddlerhood and decreases by school entry, some children do not show this normative decline. A sample of 383 boys and girls was assessed at ages 2, 4, and 5 for externalizing behavior and at age 2 on measures of emotion regulation and inattention. A longitudinal latent profile analysis was performed and resulted in 4 longitudinal profiles of externalizing behavior for each gender. Poor emotion regulation and inattention were important predictors of membership in the chronic-clinical profile for girls, whereas socioeconomic status and inattention were important predictors of membership in the chronic-clinical profile for boys. Results are discussed with respect to the development of adaptive skills that lead to normative declines in externalizing behavior across childhood.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0012-1649",
doi="10.1037/0012-1649.42.5.913",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.42.5.913"
}