Early development of negative and positive affect: Implications for ADHD symptomatology across three birth cohorts

High levels of early emotionality (of either negative or positive valence) are hypothesized to be important precursors to early psychopathology, with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) a prime early target. The positive and negative affect domains are prime examples of Research Domain C...

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Autores principales: Gustafsson, Hanna C., Nolvi, Saara, Sullivan, Elinor L., Rasmussen, Jerod M., Gyllenhammer, Lauren E., Entringer, Sonja, Wadhwa, Pathik D., O’Connor, Thomas G., Karlsson, Linnea, Karlsson, Hasse, Korja, Riikka, Buss, Claudia, Graham, Alice M., Nigg, Joel T.
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Publicado: 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9555229/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36238202
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954579421001012
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author Gustafsson, Hanna C.
Nolvi, Saara
Sullivan, Elinor L.
Rasmussen, Jerod M.
Gyllenhammer, Lauren E.
Entringer, Sonja
Wadhwa, Pathik D.
O’Connor, Thomas G.
Karlsson, Linnea
Karlsson, Hasse
Korja, Riikka
Buss, Claudia
Graham, Alice M.
Nigg, Joel T.
author_facet Gustafsson, Hanna C.
Nolvi, Saara
Sullivan, Elinor L.
Rasmussen, Jerod M.
Gyllenhammer, Lauren E.
Entringer, Sonja
Wadhwa, Pathik D.
O’Connor, Thomas G.
Karlsson, Linnea
Karlsson, Hasse
Korja, Riikka
Buss, Claudia
Graham, Alice M.
Nigg, Joel T.
author_sort Gustafsson, Hanna C.
collection PubMed
description High levels of early emotionality (of either negative or positive valence) are hypothesized to be important precursors to early psychopathology, with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) a prime early target. The positive and negative affect domains are prime examples of Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) concepts that may enrich a multilevel mechanistic map of psychopathology risk. Utilizing both variable-centered and person-centered approaches, the current study examined whether levels and trajectories of infant negative and positive emotionality, considered either in isolation or together, predicted children’s ADHD symptoms at 4 to 8 years of age. In variable-centered analyses, higher levels of infant negative affect (at as early as 3 months of age) were associated with childhood ADHD symptoms. Findings for positive affect failed to reach statistical threshold. Results from person-centered trajectory analyses suggest that additional information is gained by simultaneously considering the trajectories of positive and negative emotionality. Specifically, only when exhibiting moderate, stable or low levels of positive affect did negative affect and its trajectory relate to child ADHD symptoms. These findings add to a growing literature that suggests that infant negative emotionality is a promising early life marker of future ADHD risk and suggest secondarily that moderation by positive affectivity warrants more consideration.
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spelling pubmed-95552292022-10-12 Early development of negative and positive affect: Implications for ADHD symptomatology across three birth cohorts Gustafsson, Hanna C. Nolvi, Saara Sullivan, Elinor L. Rasmussen, Jerod M. Gyllenhammer, Lauren E. Entringer, Sonja Wadhwa, Pathik D. O’Connor, Thomas G. Karlsson, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Korja, Riikka Buss, Claudia Graham, Alice M. Nigg, Joel T. Dev Psychopathol Article High levels of early emotionality (of either negative or positive valence) are hypothesized to be important precursors to early psychopathology, with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) a prime early target. The positive and negative affect domains are prime examples of Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) concepts that may enrich a multilevel mechanistic map of psychopathology risk. Utilizing both variable-centered and person-centered approaches, the current study examined whether levels and trajectories of infant negative and positive emotionality, considered either in isolation or together, predicted children’s ADHD symptoms at 4 to 8 years of age. In variable-centered analyses, higher levels of infant negative affect (at as early as 3 months of age) were associated with childhood ADHD symptoms. Findings for positive affect failed to reach statistical threshold. Results from person-centered trajectory analyses suggest that additional information is gained by simultaneously considering the trajectories of positive and negative emotionality. Specifically, only when exhibiting moderate, stable or low levels of positive affect did negative affect and its trajectory relate to child ADHD symptoms. These findings add to a growing literature that suggests that infant negative emotionality is a promising early life marker of future ADHD risk and suggest secondarily that moderation by positive affectivity warrants more consideration. 2021-12 2021-10-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9555229/ /pubmed/36238202 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954579421001012 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work.
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Gustafsson, Hanna C.
Nolvi, Saara
Sullivan, Elinor L.
Rasmussen, Jerod M.
Gyllenhammer, Lauren E.
Entringer, Sonja
Wadhwa, Pathik D.
O’Connor, Thomas G.
Karlsson, Linnea
Karlsson, Hasse
Korja, Riikka
Buss, Claudia
Graham, Alice M.
Nigg, Joel T.
Early development of negative and positive affect: Implications for ADHD symptomatology across three birth cohorts
title Early development of negative and positive affect: Implications for ADHD symptomatology across three birth cohorts
title_full Early development of negative and positive affect: Implications for ADHD symptomatology across three birth cohorts
title_fullStr Early development of negative and positive affect: Implications for ADHD symptomatology across three birth cohorts
title_full_unstemmed Early development of negative and positive affect: Implications for ADHD symptomatology across three birth cohorts
title_short Early development of negative and positive affect: Implications for ADHD symptomatology across three birth cohorts
title_sort early development of negative and positive affect: implications for adhd symptomatology across three birth cohorts
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9555229/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36238202
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954579421001012
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