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Author: Colder, Craig R.
Resulting in 3 citations.
1. Colder, Craig R.
Lengua, Liliana J.
Fite, Paula J.
Mott, Joshua Adam
Bush, Nicole R.
Temperament in Context: Infant Temperament Moderates the Relationship Between Perceived Neighborhood Quality and Behavior Problems
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 27,5 (September 2006): 456-467.
Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0193397306000803
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Behavior, Antisocial; Behavioral Problems; CESD (Depression Scale); Depression (see also CESD); Neighborhood Effects; Temperament

Hypotheses that positive affect and fear in infancy moderate later relationships between neighborhood quality and behavior problems were examined in a sample of children from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Results suggested that poor neighborhood quality was associated with antisocial behavior at age 6 for children who in infancy were characterized by either high positive affect and low fear or by low positive affect and high fear. Depression/anxiety increased from age 6 to age 12 for children in poor quality neighborhoods who were characterized in infancy by low positive affect. A combination of low fear and high positive affect in infancy appeared to be protective, as it was associated with decreases in depression/anxiety during childhood. These findings suggest the utility of examining multiple dimensions of temperament and of integrating multiple levels of influence into moderational models to understand and prevent the development of childhood symptomatology.
Bibliography Citation
Colder, Craig R., Liliana J. Lengua, Paula J. Fite, Joshua Adam Mott and Nicole R. Bush. "Temperament in Context: Infant Temperament Moderates the Relationship Between Perceived Neighborhood Quality and Behavior Problems." Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 27,5 (September 2006): 456-467.
2. Colder, Craig R.
Mott, Joshua Adam
Berman, Arielle S.
Interactive Effects of Infant Activity Level and Fear on Growth Trajectories of Early Childhood Symptomatology
Presented: New Orleans, LA, Seventh Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, June 1999
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Society for Prevention Research
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Child Health; Temperament

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Bibliography Citation
Colder, Craig R., Joshua Adam Mott and Arielle S. Berman. "Interactive Effects of Infant Activity Level and Fear on Growth Trajectories of Early Childhood Symptomatology." Presented: New Orleans, LA, Seventh Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, June 1999.
3. Colder, Craig R.
Mott, Joshua Adam
Berman, Arielle S.
The Interactive Effects of Infant Activity Level and Fear on Growth Trajectories of Early Childhood Behavior Problems
Development and Psychopathology 14,1 (Winter 2002): 1-23.
Also: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=100919&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0954579402001013
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Child Health; Depression (see also CESD); Gender Differences; Growth Curves; Temperament

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

The current study examined the interactive effects of infant activity level and fear on growth trajectories of behavior problems in early childhood (age 4 to 8 years) using maternal ratings. The sample was drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) and included children who were between 1 and 11 months in 1986. Findings suggested that boys characterized by high activity level and low levels of fear in infancy escalated in both externalizing and internalizing symptoms. Also, boys characterized by high fear and low activity level increased in internalizing symptoms and these effects seemed to be specific to depression rather than anxiety. Temperament did not predict escalation in externalizing symptomatology for girls, but low levels of fear predicted increases in internalizing symptoms. There was also evidence for a decline in depression specific symptoms for girls characterized by high fear and low activity in infancy. These findings suggest the importance of examining interactive models of temperament risk and considering gender specific pathways to behavior problems. Copyright ? 2002 Cambridge University Press.
Bibliography Citation
Colder, Craig R., Joshua Adam Mott and Arielle S. Berman. "The Interactive Effects of Infant Activity Level and Fear on Growth Trajectories of Early Childhood Behavior Problems." Development and Psychopathology 14,1 (Winter 2002): 1-23.