@article{ref1,
title="Preventive child health care findings on early childhood predict peer-group social status in early adolescence",
journal="Journal of Adolescent Health",
year="2012",
author="Jaspers, Merlijne and de Winter, Andrea F. and Veenstra, René and Ormel, Johan and Verhulst, Frank C. and Reijneveld, Sijmen A.",
volume="51",
number="6",
pages="637-642",
abstract="PURPOSE: A disputed social status among peers puts children and adolescents at risk for developing a wide range of problems, such as being bullied. However, there is a lack of knowledge about which early predictors could be used to identify (young) adolescents at risk for a disputed social status. The aim of this study was to assess whether preventive child health care (PCH) findings on early childhood predict neglected and rejected status in early adolescence in a large longitudinal community-based sample. METHODS: Data came from 898 participants who participated in TRAILS, a longitudinal study. Information on early childhood factors was extracted from the charts of routine PCH visits registered between infancy and age of 4 years. To assess social status, peer nominations were used at age of 10-12 years. RESULTS: Multinomial logistic regression showed that children who had a low birth weight, motor problems, and sleep problems; children of parents with a low educational level (odds ratios [ORs] between 1.71 and 2.90); and those with fewer attention hyperactivity problems (ORs = .43) were more likely to have a neglected status in early adolescence. Boys, children of parents with a low educational level, and children with early externalizing problems were more likely to have a rejected status in early adolescence (ORs between 1.69 and 2.56). CONCLUSIONS: PCH findings on early childhood-on motor and social development-are predictive of a neglected and a rejected status in early adolescence. PCH is a good setting to monitor risk factors that predict the social status of young adolescents.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1054-139X",
doi="10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.03.017",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.03.017"
}