Citation

Larsson JO, Bergman LR, Earls F, Rydelius PA. Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. 2004; 35(2): 143-162.

Affiliation

Department of Woman and Child Health, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Q3:04, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska Hospital, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden. jan-olov.larsson@kbh.ki.se

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10578-004-1882-5

PMID

15577279

Abstract

Normal and psychopathological patterns of behavior symptoms in pre-school children were described by a classification approach using cluster analysis. The behavior of 406 children, average age 4 years 9 months, from the general population was evaluated at home visits. Seven clusters were identified based on empirically defined dimensions: attention, hyperactivity, aggressiveness, social relationship problems, sleeping problems, eating problems, depression and anxiety. Clusters scoring high in inattention, hyperactivity, aggressiveness, and social relationship problems but low in depression and anxiety were found and could indicate early onset conduct disorder. The approach of analysing patterns of symptoms expands the basis on which normal and psychopathological patterns are distinguished.

Language: en