EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS IN 1-3 YEAR OLD CHILDREN

描述（改编自申请人摘要）：严重且持续 三岁以下儿童的社会情绪和行为问题 临床观察和实证研究都有很好的记录。 然而，人们对这一疾病的发病率、模式和病程知之甚少。 婴幼儿的精神病理学 最近的事态发展 政策和立法要求对儿童精神疾病进行流行病学研究 健康和提供新的机会，提供经证实的干预措施， 为符合条件的婴幼儿提供预防服务。 有效和可靠 评估社会情绪和行为问题的工具是 实现这些研究和服务提供目标至关重要。 却没有 社会情绪问题和能力的有效措施存在， 1-和2岁的孩子。 这个项目的主要目标是检查 精神病理学的患病率、发展模式和相关因素， 1-3岁的孩子。 为了实现这一目标，我们必须首先验证和 完善婴幼儿社会和情绪评估（ITSEA）， 将被用来评估社会情绪问题的问卷， 1- 2岁儿童的能力。 一个有代表性的社区 将招募1,200名1岁和2岁儿童的父母作为样本 耶鲁纽黑文医院的出生记录 此外，父母 240名1岁和2岁的儿童因可能的行为， 发展和/或社会情感问题将从 康乃狄克州中南部地区的三胎制。 审查 社会情绪问题的发展模式和相关因素， 能力，所有的父母将完成儿童行为的措施， 气质、家庭功能、亲职压力和父母情感 症状 三个较小的子研究将检查特定的心理测量 ITSEA的特性（即，重测、交叉法和评分者间 信度），以及能力量表的有效性。 所有 参与3项小型研究的儿童将获得一项发展性研究， 评价 最后对稳定性和风险因素进行评价 与社会情绪问题和能力延迟有关，所有 儿童将在1年的随访中重新评估。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from applicant's abstract): Serious and persistent social-emotional and behavior problems in children under three years of age are well documented by clinical observations and empirical research. However, little is known about the prevalence, pattern and course of psychopathology in infants and toddlers. Recent developments in public policy and legislation mandate epidemiologic research on children's mental health and offer new opportunities to provide proven intervention and prevention services to eligible infants and toddlers. Valid and reliable instruments for assessing social-emotional and behavior problems are essential to achieve these research and service provision goals. Yet, no validated measure of social-emotional problems and competencies exists for 1- and 2- year old children. The primary goal of this project is to examine the prevalence, developmental patterns and correlates of psychopathology in 1- to 3-year old children. To achieve this goal, we must first validate and refine the Infant-Toddler Social & Emotional Assessment (ITSEA), a questionnaire that will be employed to assess social-emotional problems and competencies in 1- and 2- year old children. A representative community sample of 1,200 parents with 1- and 2- year old children will be recruited from the birth records at Yale-New Haven Hospital. In addition, parents of 240 1- and 2- year-old children referred for possible behavioral, developmental and/or social-emotional problems will be recruited form the South Central Region of the Connecticut Birth to Three System. To examine developmental patterns and correlates of social-emotional problems and competencies, all parents will complete measures of child behavior and temperament, family functioning, parenting stress, and parental affective symptoms. Three smaller substudies will examine the specific psychometric properties of the ITSEA (i.e., test-retest, cross-method, and inter-rater reliabilities), as well as the validity of the competence scales. All children participating in the 3 smaller studies will receive a developmental evaluation. Finally to evaluate the stability of and risk-factors associated with social-emotional problems and delays in competence, all children will be reassessed in a 1-year follow-up.