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

学龄儿童的行为问题有许多可能的原因。看看孩子的生活的哪些方面与行为问题在特定的时间，如家庭和学校环境，是有用的理解孩子的行为的一些原因。然而，为了真正了解行为问题的一些原因，我们需要详细了解遗传和环境对儿童行为的影响。此外，随着时间的推移，通过跟踪同一个孩子，我们可以发现孩子早期生活中导致后来问题的事件和特征。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来确定哪些儿童可能在年幼时遇到行为问题，并改善他们的生活。本文提出的研究是将发展心理学、遗传学和脑科学等科学领域联合收割机以达到这一目的的一种尝试。

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.