School of Nursing and Midwifery & Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Dev Psychopathol. 2021 Aug;33(3):937-956. doi: 10.1017/S0954579420000243.
Early signs of anger and aggression can be identified in infancy. Our aim was to use person-centered methods to identify which infants were most at risk for clinically significant behavioral problems by age 3 and diagnoses of ODD/CD by 7 years, while considering the role of family risk factors and positive parenting. A representative British community sample of 304 infants was assessed by multiple informants at mean ages of 6, 21, and 36 months of age. Latent Transition Analysis (LTA) identified three ordered subgroups at each age, with one subgroup (18%) displaying high levels of physical force as well as anger. These angry aggressive infants were at elevated risk for behavioral problems in early childhood and diagnoses of conduct disorder (CD) and/or oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) at 7 years of age. After other risk factors were taken into account, parents' beliefs in warm parenting and their observed positive affect while interacting with their infants were protective factors. These findings indicate the significance of very early manifestations of angry aggressiveness and have relevance for developmental theories of aggression and prevention strategies.
愤怒和攻击行为的早期迹象可在婴儿期识别。我们的目的是使用以个体为中心的方法，通过考虑家庭风险因素和积极养育的作用，来确定哪些婴儿在 3 岁时最有可能出现临床显著的行为问题，以及在 7 岁时被诊断为 ODD/CD。一个具有代表性的英国社区样本包括 304 名婴儿，他们在 6、21 和 36 个月大时分别接受了多个信息来源的评估。潜在转变分析（LTA）在每个年龄都确定了三个有序的亚组，其中一个亚组（18%）表现出高频率的身体暴力和愤怒。这些愤怒攻击的婴儿在幼儿期有更高的行为问题风险，并且在 7 岁时被诊断为品行障碍（CD）和/或对立违抗性障碍（ODD）。在考虑了其他风险因素后，父母对温暖养育的信念以及他们与婴儿互动时表现出的积极情绪是保护因素。这些发现表明愤怒攻击性的早期表现意义重大，对攻击性的发展理论和预防策略具有相关性。
