EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS IN 1-3 YEAR OLD CHILDREN

描述(改编自申请人的摘要)：严肃、执着 三岁以下儿童的社会情绪和行为问题 通过临床观察和实证研究得到了很好的证明。 然而，人们对该病的流行、模式和过程知之甚少。 婴幼儿的精神病理学。公众的最新发展 政策和立法要求对儿童心理问题进行流行病学研究 并提供新的机会，以提供经过验证的干预和 为符合条件的婴幼儿提供预防服务。有效可靠 评估社会情绪和行为问题的工具有 对实现这些研究和服务提供目标至关重要。然而，没有 社会情绪问题和能力的有效测量存在于 1岁和2岁的儿童。这个项目的主要目标是检查 精神病理学的患病率、发展模式及其相关因素 1-3岁的儿童。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)，a 调查问卷将被用来评估社会情绪问题和 1岁和2岁儿童的能力。具有代表性的社区 将招募1200名带着1岁和2岁孩子的父母作为样本 耶鲁-纽黑文医院的出生记录。此外，孩子的父母 240名1岁和2岁的儿童因可能的行为而被转介， 发展和/或社会-情绪问题将从 康涅狄格州中南部地区出生三制。检视 社会-情绪问题的发展模式及其相关因素 能力，所有家长都要完成孩子行为的测量，并 气质、家庭功能、育儿压力和父母情感 症状。三个较小的子研究将检查特定的心理测量学 ITSEA的属性(即重测、交叉方法和评分员间 可靠性)，以及能力量表的有效性。全 参与这3项较小研究的儿童将获得发展性 评估。最后对风险因素和稳定性进行评价 与社交情绪问题和能力延迟有关，所有这些 儿童将在一年的随访中接受重新评估。

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.