Parental Age and Offspring Childhood Mental Health: A Multi-Cohort, Population-Based Investigation
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Zondervan-Zwijnenburg, Maria A.J. [1] ; Veldkamp, Sabine A.M. [2] ; Neumann, Alexander [4] ; Barzeva, Stefania A. [3] ; Nelemans, Stefanie A. [1] ; van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E.M. [2] ; Branje, Susan J.T. [1] ; Hillegers, Manon H.J. [4] ; Meeus, Wim H.J. [1] ; Tiemeier, Henning [4] ; Hoijtink, Herbert J.A. [1] ; Oldehinkel, Albertine J. [3] ; Boomsma, Dorret I. [2]
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[1] Utrecht University
Utrecht University
Países Bajos
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[2] VU University Amsterdam
VU University Amsterdam
Países Bajos
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[3] University of Groningen
University of Groningen
Países Bajos
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[4] Erasmus Medical Center
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- Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 91, Nº. 3, 2020, págs. 964-982
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
To examine the contributions of maternal and paternal age on offspring externalizing and internalizing problems, this study analyzed problem behaviors at age 10?12 years from four Dutch population-based cohorts (N = 32,892) by a multiple informant design. Bayesian evidence synthesis was used to combine results across cohorts with 50% of the data analyzed for discovery and 50% for confirmation. There was evidence of a robust negative linear relation between parental age and externalizing problems as reported by parents. In teacher-reports, this relation was largely explained by parental socio-economic status. Parental age had limited to no association with internalizing problems. Thus, in this large population-based study, either a beneficial or no effect of advanced parenthood on child problem behavior was observed.
