C. Bagley et K. Mallick, TEMPERAMENT, CNS PROBLEMS AND MATERNAL STRESSORS - INTERACTIVE PREDICTORS OF CONDUCT DISORDER IN 9-YR-OLDS, Perceptual and motor skills, 84(2), 1997, pp. 617-618
Conduct disorder in a sample of 565 9-yr.-olds, half of whom were 'at
risk' al birth was best predicted by a combination of CNS disorder, di
fficult temperament at age 2, maternal stressors, chronic poverty, and
child's separation from a parent. Qualitative study of interactive ef
fects in the data confirms the New York Longitudinal Study's concept o
f 'spiralling up' and 'spiralling down' (disadvantage kindling yet fur
ther disadvantage, with poor behavioural outcomes in child).