Contribution of genetics and early cognitive and emotional development to behaviour problems in middle childhood

遗传学以及早期认知和情感发展对童年中期行为问题的贡献

• 批准号: G0800054/1
• 负责人: Karla Holmboe
• 金额: $ 25.74万
• 依托单位: King's College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2008 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=G0800054%2F1
• 关键词: Contribution; genetics; early; cognitive; emotional

There are many possible causes of behaviour problems in school-age children. Looking at which aspects of the child‘s life are associated with behaviour problems at a specific time, such as the family and school environment, are useful for understanding some of the reasons for a child‘s behaviour. However, in order to truly understand some of the causes of behaviour problems we need to have a detailed idea about the genetic and environmental contributions to the child‘s behaviour. Furthermore, by following the same children over time we can find events and characteristics early in the child‘s life that lead to later problems. Once the gene-environment contribution has been established and the early circumstances leading to later problems have been identified, we can use this information to identify, at a young age, children who are likely to experience behaviour problems and to improve their lives. The research proposed here is an attempt to combine the scientific fields of developmental psychology, genetics and brain science in order to obtain this goal.

学龄儿童的行为问题有许多可能的原因。观察孩子生活的哪些方面与特定时间的行为问题有关，例如家庭和学校环境，对于理解孩子行为的一些原因是有用的。然而，为了真正理解行为问题的一些原因，我们需要对遗传和环境对儿童行为的影响有一个详细的了解。此外，通过长期跟踪这些孩子，我们可以发现孩子早期生活中的事件和特征会导致后来的问题。一旦确定了基因环境的作用，并确定了导致后来问题的早期环境，我们就可以利用这些信息，在年幼的时候识别可能出现行为问题的儿童，并改善他们的生活。这里提出的研究是一种结合发展心理学、遗传学和脑科学等科学领域来实现这一目标的尝试。