Late Childhood Behavior Analysis

For this summary I used an article from Developmental Psychology titled Does Early Childhood Callous-Unemotional Behavior Uniquely Predict Behavior Problems or Callous-Unemotional Behavior in Late Childhood by Rebecca Waller, Daniel S. Shaw, Melvin N. Wilson, Thomas J. Dishion, Frances Gardner, and Luke W. Hyde. In this study the researchers set out to study whether or not problems that occur in later childhood can be predicted by early childhood behaviors. The first step in the study was to get a good group of participants. For this study seven hundred thirty-one pairs consisting of a mother and a child were recruited. The researchers did not accept just anybody, each child needed to fit into at least two out of three categories. These categories include; child behavior problems, primary caregiver problems, and the social and demographic level of the family. In the child behavior problems category the researchers looked at how the child conducts themselves and his/her relationship with the adults in their life and whether or not the conflict in those relationships is high or low. For the primary caregiver problems the researchers looks at the mother’s qualities. Some of the qualities they look at are whether or not she is depressed, overly stressed, or if she uses drugs and alcohol. Finally, in the sociodemographic category, the researchers look towards the family. What the researchers looked for include what level of education did …show more content…
The first test was done between two and four years old. This test was done to test deceitful-callous behavior. They used three tools to measure deceitful-callous behavior, which include: child behavior checklist, adult-child behavior, and eyberg child behavior inventory. Once the child was nine and a half years old he/she was tested again. This time the researchers tested for aggressive and rebellious behavior and callous-unemotional