Département des sciences de l'éducation, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 300, allée des Ursulines, C. P. 3300, succ. A Rimouski, G5L 3A1, Québec, Canada.
Département de psychoéducation, Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2024 Jun;55(3):655-666. doi: 10.1007/s10578-022-01421-9. Epub 2022 Sep 22.
Although the comorbidity between conduct problems (CP) and depressive symptoms (DS) is associated with a host of negative outcomes, the factors, such as temperament, that might explain this comorbidity in school-aged boys and girls are poorly understood. This study compared elementary school children presenting co-occurring CP and DS to children with DS only, CP only, and those with low-level symptoms on temperament dimensions, and explored the moderating role of child sex in the associations. Participants are 487 children (M = 8.38 years, SD = 0.92, 52.2% girls) divided into four groups (CP + DS, DS only, CP only, control). Findings suggest that boys with CP and DS presented a lower level of fear than boys with DS and boys from the control group. They also presented higher levels of activity than boys with DS. Girls with CP and DS presented lower levels of fear than girls with DS, lower levels of approach and activity than girls with CP, and higher levels of shyness than girls from the control group. These findings suggest that temperament may discriminate children with comorbid CP and DS from those presenting only CP or DS.
虽然行为问题（CP）和抑郁症状（DS）之间的共病与许多负面后果有关，但对于能够解释学龄期男童和女童这种共病现象的气质等因素，人们的了解还很有限。本研究比较了同时存在 CP 和 DS 的小学生与仅存在 DS、仅存在 CP 以及在气质维度上症状程度较低的儿童，还探讨了儿童性别在这些关联中的调节作用。参与者为 487 名儿童（M=8.38 岁，SD=0.92，52.2%为女孩），分为四个组（CP+DS、DS 组、CP 组和对照组）。研究结果表明，患有 CP 和 DS 的男孩比患有 DS 的男孩和对照组男孩的恐惧水平更低。他们的活动水平也高于患有 DS 的男孩。患有 CP 和 DS 的女孩比患有 DS 的女孩恐惧水平更低，比患有 CP 的女孩活动水平和趋近水平更低，比对照组的女孩更害羞。这些发现表明，气质可能可以区分同时患有 CP 和 DS 的儿童和仅患有 CP 或 DS 的儿童。
