Different Neurocognitive Functions Regulating Physical Aggression and Hyperactivity in Early Childhood

Autor/inn/en	Seguin, Jean R.; Parent, Sophie; Tremblay, Richard E.; Zelazo, Philip David
Titel	Different Neurocognitive Functions Regulating Physical Aggression and Hyperactivity in Early Childhood
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50 (2009) 6, S.679-687 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9630
DOI	10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.02030.x
Schlagwörter	Behavior Problems; Aggression; Hyperactivity; Young Children; Short Term Memory; Neurological Organization; Interpersonal Relationship; Correlation; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Neurological Impairments; Socioeconomic Influences; Adolescents; Nonverbal Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hyperaktivität; Frühe Kindheit; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Korrelation; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation
Abstract	Background: There are strong parallels between early childhood and adolescent behavior problems. However, we do not know if behavioral symptoms associate with neurocognitive processes in very young children as they do in older children. Methods: We studied a population-based birth cohort of children (N = 1,950) whose developmental trajectories of physical aggression and hyperactivity were assessed between the ages of 17 and 41 months. We measured the following neurocognitive abilities at 41 months of age: Receptive vocabulary, visuospatial organization, and short-term memory. Results: After controlling for other neurocognitive abilities, frequent physical aggression was related specifically to receptive vocabulary deficits (p less than 0.0001) while frequent hyperactivity was related specifically to deficits of visuospatial organization (p less than 0.0001). The pattern of associations was robust despite controls for socioeconomic and perinatal status. Conclusions: The different neurocognitive correlates of physical aggression and hyperactivity problems observed during adolescence are apparent in early childhood. Whereas physical aggression problems are associated with language deficits, hyperactivity problems are related to non-verbal deficits. (As Provided).
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