Change in Behavior Problems from Childhood Through Adolescence for Children with Fragile X Syndrome.
Leann Smith DaWalt, Heather Fielding-Gebhardt, Kandace K Fleming and 2 others
PMID 34536164WHAT IT FOUND
Attention problems and aggression declined from childhood through adolescence in children with fragile X syndrome, while anxious or depressed problems stayed relatively stable.
Children with co-occurring autism had higher behavior problem levels.
Key findings
01At age 18, attention problems and aggressive behavior were declining significantly, while anxious/depressed scores were stable.
02At age 18, children with autism had predicted attention scores of 9.59 and aggression scores of 7.06, while children without autism had predicted scores of 6.44 and 3.29.
03Higher maternal flexibility was linked to greater declines in attention problems, especially for children with autism, but also to higher anxious/depressed scores at age 18.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they found
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What it does not show
The sample was small and had too few females to test sex differences. The sample was primarily White, so results may not apply broadly. Child behavior problems were based on maternal report only. Parenting was measured only in early childhood, not during adolescence. The study did not test reverse models or concurrent adolescent parenting. The Child Behavior Checklist was designed for general population psychological difficulties, not specifically fragile X syndrome.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that flexible parenting causes fewer behavior problems. The study was observational, and child behavior was measured only by maternal report.