Multiple developmental pathways underlying conduct problems: A multitrajectory framework

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Author	Dugré, Jules R. Potvin, Stéphane
Copyright Year	2020
Description	In the past decades, there has been an overemphasis of a descriptive/behavioral approach to study conduct disorder. In an equifinal perspective, we aimed to examine the developmental multitrajectory groups of psychological features (irritability, interpersonal callousness, hyperactivity/impulsivity, and depressive–anxiety symptoms) and their associations with conduct problems. In a population-based cohort (n = 1,309 participants followed from 5 months to 17 years old), latent-class growth analysis was performed for each psychological feature to identify a two-trajectory model (from ages 6 to 12 years). Based on parameter estimates of the two-trajectory models for each of the four psychological features, a parallel process growth mixture model identified eight significant developmental patterns that were subsequently compared with typically developing children. Furthermore, we observed that while interpersonal callousness conferred an increased risk for childhood and adolescence conduct problems, its co-occurrence with hyperactivity/impulsivity, irritability, and/or depressive–anxiety symptoms heightened the general risk, but also predicted distinct subtypes of conduct problems (i.e., aggressive and rule-breaking behaviors). Thus, by studying complex developmental combinations of psychological features, we observed qualitatively distinct pathways towards conduct problems. A multitrajectory framework of psychological features should be considered as a significant step towards unveiling the multiple etiological pathways leading to conduct disorder and its substantial clinical heterogeneity.
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Ending Page	1124
Page Count	10
Starting Page	1115
ISSN	09545794
e-ISSN	14692198
DOI	10.1017/s0954579420001650
Journal	Development and psychopathology
Issue Number	3
Volume Number	34
Language	English
Publisher	Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publisher Date	2020-12-18
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Development and psychopathology Clinical Psychology Developmental Trajectories
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Developmental and Educational Psychology Psychiatry and Mental Health