@article {367, title = {Developmental co-occurrence of psychopathology dimensions in childhood}, journal = {JCPP Advances}, volume = {2}, year = {2022}, pages = {e12100}, abstract = {

Background: Comorbidity between psychopathologies may be attributed to genetic and environmental differences between people as well as causal processes within individuals, where one pathology increases risk for another. Disentangling between-person (co)variance from within-person processes of psychopathology dimensions across childhood may shed light on developmental causes of comorbid mental health problems. Here, we aim to determine whether and to what extent directional relationships between psychopathology dimensions within-person, and between individuals within families, play a role in comorbidity. Methods: We conducted random intercepts cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM) analyses to unravel the longitudinal co-occurrence of child psychopathology dimensions, jointly estimating between-person and within-person processes from childhood to early adolescence (age 7-12). We further developed an extension of the model to estimate sibling effects within-family (wf-RI-CLPM). Analyses were separately conducted in two large population-based cohorts, TEDS and NTR, including parent-rated measures of child problem behaviours based on the SDQ and CBCL scales respectively. Results: We found evidence for strong between-person effects underlying the positive intercorrelation between problem behaviours across time. Beyond these time-varying within-person processes accounted for an increasing amount of trait variance, within- and cross-trait, overtime in both cohorts. Lastly, by accommodating family level data, we found evidence for reciprocal directional influences within sib-pairs longitudinally. Conclusions: Our results indicate that within-person processes partly explain the co-occurrence of psychopathology dimensions across childhood, and within sib-pairs. Analyses provided substantive results on developmental processes underlying comorbidity in behavioural problems. Future studies should consider different developmental timeframes to shed more light on the processes contributing to developmental comorbidity.

}, keywords = {comorbidity, development, genetic and environmental effects, psychopathology, sibling effects}, doi = {10.1002/jcv2.12100}, author = {Allegrini, Andrea G and van Beijsterveldt, Toos and Boomsma, Dorret I and Rimfeld, Kaili and Pingault, Jean-Baptiste and Plomin, Robert and Bartels, Meike and Nivard, Michel G} } @article {192, title = {Disentangling Heterogeneity of Childhood Disruptive Behavior Problems Into Dimensions and Subgroups}, journal = {American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Journal}, volume = {56}, year = {2017}, pages = {678{\textendash}686}, abstract = {

OBJECTIVE:

Irritable and oppositional behaviors are increasingly considered as distinct dimensions of oppositional defiant disorder. However, few studies have explored this multidimensionality across the broader spectrum of disruptive behavior problems (DBPs). This study examined the presence of dimensions and distinct subgroups of childhood DBPs, and the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between these dimensions.

METHOD:

Using factor mixture models (FMMs), the presence of dimensions and subgroups of DBPs was assessed in the Generation R Study at ages 6 (n\ = 6,209) and 10 (n\ =\ 4,724) years. Replications were performed in two population-based cohorts (Netherlands Twin Registry, n\ = 4,402, and Swedish Twin Study of Child and Adolescent Development, n\ = 1,089) and a clinical sample (n\ = 1,933). We used cross-lagged modeling in the Generation R Study to assess cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between dimensions. DBPs were assessed using mother-reported responses to the Child Behavior Checklist.

RESULTS:

Empirically obtained dimensions of DBPs were oppositional behavior (age 6 years), disobedient behavior, rule-breaking behavior (age 10 years), physical aggression, and irritability (both ages). FMMs suggested that one-class solutions had the best model fit for all dimensions in all three population-based cohorts. Similar results were obtained in the clinical sample. All three dimensions, including irritability, predicted subsequent physical aggression (range, 0.08-0.16).

CONCLUSION:

This study showed that childhood DBPs should be regarded as a multidimensional phenotype rather than comprising distinct subgroups. Incorporating multidimensionality will improve diagnostic accuracy and refine treatment. Future studies need to address the biological validity of the DBP dimensions observed in this study; herein lies an important opportunity for neuroimaging and genetic measures.

}, doi = {10.1016/j.jaac.2017.05.019}, author = {Koen Bolhuis and Gitta Lubke and van der Ende, Jan and Meike Bartels and van Beijsterveldt, Toos and Paul Lichtenstein and Henrik Larsson and Vincent W.V. Jaddoe and Steven A. Kushner and Frank Verhulst and Dorret I. Boomsma and Henning Tiemeier} }