B Maughan

..In contrast, the relation between reading achievement and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was best explained by common genetic influences...

..Individual and social contextual factors in early life appear to offer clues as to why the absence of psychological distress does not always imply good mental health or social functioning...

..Past studies have documented rising levels of conduct problems among UK adolescents in the last quarter of the twentieth century, and increased rates of emotional difficulties between the 1980s and 1990s...

..This review examines recent evidence on the comorbidity between literacy problems and psychiatric disorder in childhood and discusses possible contributory factors...

..Developmental reading problems show strong persistence across the school years; less is known about poor readers' later progress in literacy skills...

..Despite an expanding epidemiological evidence base, uncertainties remain over key aspects of the epidemiology of the 'antisocial' disorders in childhood and adolescence...

..Though this statistical link may signal a causal association, commentators have urged caution in interpreting findings because of the likelihood of confounding...

..Resilient' children function better than would be expected given their experience of bullying victimisation. This study examined the role of families in promoting resilience following bullying victimisation in primary school...

..The reasons for these associations are unclear. Here we test the hypothesis that two distinct early temperamental precursors-emotionality and activity-underlie ODD and differentially predict its comorbidities...

..The aims of the present study were to address the extent of resilience to adult psychopathology in a representative community sample, and to explore predictors of a good prognosis...

..To test whether school, neighborhood, and family factors are independently associated with children's involvement in bullying, over and above their own behaviors that may increase their risk for becoming involved in bullying...

..Greater use needs to be made of genetic research strategies and of the testing of possible cognitive processing mediation effects...

..The pattern of associations was largely similar in boys and girls. We discuss these results in terms of developmental models of the links between antisocial behavior and depressed mood...

..The group difference in depressed mood at age 43 years was in large part mediated by variations in adult socio-economic disadvantage and ill health...

..Using a large representative sample of children and adolescents living in Great Britain, we set out to examine the effects of CU traits on a range of mental health outcomes measured 3 years after the initial assessment...

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..When these factors were taken into account, only small between-group differences in attainment remained...

..The precursors and correlates of criminal behaviour in women were examined in this longitudinal study of women in their late thirties...

..It is not unusual for researchers to make apparently minor modifications to existing instruments without checking if this alters psychometric properties...

..The results suggest that questionnaire screening of community samples of children for the putative antecedents of schizophrenia spectrum disorders is feasible. Accuracy of identification will only be established by follow-up studies...

..To estimate trajectories of bullying and victimization in early to mid-adolescence, associations between the trajectories, and links with delinquency and self-harm...

..The findings draw attention to the psychological as well as physical risks of institutional deprivation...

..Obesity and weight gain are correlated with psychological ill health. We predicted that childhood emotional problems and self-perceptions predict weight gain into adulthood...

..We examine models of the relationship between oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and conduct disorder (CD) in a community sample. Particular attention is paid to the generalisability of findings based on clinic-referred boys...

..To examine sex differences in correlates of disruptive behavior disorders (DBDs) in preadolescent children using indicators of a wide range of well-established risk factors for DBDs and outcomes 3 years after initial assessment...

..We set out to examine the relationship between unintentional injury and common child psychiatric disorders, including both internalizing and externalizing diagnoses...

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..One consequence is that ICD-10 identifies a group of children with ODD subtype who do not receive a diagnosis under DSM-IV...

..Few studies have examined this issue using the same instruments at each time point...

..An influential article published in 1990 claimed that the increased rate of reading disability in boys was a consequence of referral bias...

..To estimate associations between trajectories of conduct problems and social-cognitive competences through childhood into early adolescence...

..CONCLUSIONS: In a non-referred community sample selection effects associated with adolescent emotional and behavioural problems appear to play only a modest role in links between partnership status and adult mental health...

..Design: Costs applied to data of 10 year old children from the inner London longitudinal study selectively followed up to adulthood...

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..method: Questionnaires assessing diurnal preference, sleep quality and externalizing behaviours were completed by 1556 young adult twins and siblings...

..CONCLUSIONS: The results are consistent with the hypothesis that testosterone relates to social dominance, with the assumption that behaviors associated with dominance differ according to social context...

..Grandparents are increasingly involved in the care of young children, but little is known about factors associated with this type of care, or its implications for children's behavioural development...

..The findings are discussed in relation to previous research and implications for service delivery...

..Literacy difficulties show high levels of comorbidity with both disruptive and emotional disorders, but questions remain over the nature and specificity of these links...

..Application of the children-of-twins design may also cast further light on the processes involved...

..Using a genetically informative design, we examine heterogeneity in antisocial behaviour and overlaps between different forms of antisocial behaviour with depressed mood...