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Physical Aggression and Language Ability from 17 to 72 Months: Cross-Lagged Effects in a Population Sample

Girard, L-C; Pingault, J-B; Falissard, B; Boivin, M; Dionne, G; Tremblay, RE; (2014) Physical Aggression and Language Ability from 17 to 72 Months: Cross-Lagged Effects in a Population Sample. PLOS ONE , 9 (11) e112185. 10.1371/journal.pone.0112185. Green open access

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Does poor language ability in early childhood increase the likelihood of physical aggression or is language ability delayed by frequent physical aggression? This study examined the longitudinal associations between physical aggression and language ability from toddlerhood to early childhood in a population sample while controlling for parenting behaviours, non-verbal intellectual functioning, and children’s sex. METHODS: Children enrolled in the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (QLSCD) (N = 2, 057) were assessed longitudinally from 17 to 72 months via parent reports and standardized assessments. RESULTS: The cross-lagged models revealed modest reciprocal associations between physical aggression and language performance from 17 to 41 months but not thereafter. CONCLUSIONS: Significant associations between physical aggression and poor language ability are minimal and limited to the period when physical aggression and language performance are both substantially increasing. During that period parenting behaviours may play an important role in supporting language ability while reducing the frequency of physical aggression. Further studies are needed that utilize multiple assessments of physical aggression, assess multiple domains of language abilities, and that examine the potential mediating role of parenting behaviours between 12 and 48 months.

Type: Article
Title: Physical Aggression and Language Ability from 17 to 72 Months: Cross-Lagged Effects in a Population Sample
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112185
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112185
Additional information: Copyright: © 2014 Girard et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords: Early-childhood, Behavior Problems, Fit Indexes, Externalizing Behavior, Socioeconomic-status, Disruptive Behavior, Anger Expression, Associations, Impairment, Children
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1458657
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