Boylan, K., Rowe, R. orcid.org/0000-0001-5556-3650, Duku, E. et al. (4 more authors) (2017) Longitudinal Profiles of Girls' Irritable, Defiant and Antagonistic Oppositional Symptoms: Evidence for Group Based Differences in Symptom Severity. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology , 45 (6). pp. 1133-1145. ISSN 0091-0627
Abstract
Three subdimensions of ODD symptoms have been proposed -angry/irritable (IR), argumentative/defiant (DF) and antagonism (AN). This study tested whether longitudinal symptom trajectories could be identified by these subdimensions. Group-based trajectory analysis was used to identify developmental trajectories of IR, DF and AN symptoms. Multi-group trajectory analysis was then used to identify how subdimension trajectories were linked together over time. Data were drawn from the Pittsburgh Girls Study (PGS; N = 2450), an urban community sample of girls between the ages of five--eight at baseline. We included five waves of annual data across ages five-13 to model trajectories. Three trajectories were identified for each ODD subdimension: DF and AN were characterized by high, medium and low severity groups; IR was characterized by low, medium stable, and high increasing groups. Multi-trajectory analysis confirmed these subdimensions were best linked together based on symptom severity. We did not identify girls' trajectory groups that were characterized predominantly by a particular subdimension of ODD symptoms. Membership in more severe symptom groups was significantly associated with worse outcomes five years later. In childhood and early adolescence girls with high levels of ODD symptoms can be identified, and these youth are characterized by a persistently elevated profile of IR, DF and AN symptoms. Further studies in clinical samples are required to examine the ICD-10 proposal that ODD with irritability is a distinct or more severe form of ODD.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Springer Science+Business Media New York. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Girls; Longitudinal; Oppositional; Trajectory |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1R03MH095969-02 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 30 Nov 2016 14:11 |
Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2018 11:35 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-016-0231-z |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s10802-016-0231-z |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:108677 |