Parental history of positive development and child behavior in next generation offspring: A two-cohort prospective intergenerational study

P Letcher; CJ Greenwood; H McAnally; J Belsky; JA Macdonald; EA Spry; KC Thomson; M O'Connor; J Sligo; G Youssef; JE McIntosh; E Iosua; D Hutchinson; J Cleary; AV Sanson; GC Patton; RJ Hancox; CA Olsson

Journal article

Parental history of positive development and child behavior in next generation offspring: A two-cohort prospective intergenerational study

P Letcher, CJ Greenwood, H McAnally, J Belsky, JA Macdonald, EA Spry, KC Thomson, M O'Connor, J Sligo, G Youssef, JE McIntosh, E Iosua, D Hutchinson, J Cleary, AV Sanson, GC Patton, RJ Hancox, CA Olsson

Child Development | Published : 2023

DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13839

Abstract

This study examined whether positive development (PD) in adolescence and young adulthood predicts offspring behavior in two Australasian intergenerational cohorts. The Australian Temperament Project Generation 3 Study assessed PD at age 19–28 (years 2002–2010) and behavior in 1165 infants (12–18 months; 608 girls) of 694 Australian-born parents (age 29–35; 2012–2019; 399 mothers). The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Parenting Study assessed PD at age 15–18 (years 1987–1991) and behavior in 695 preschoolers (3–5 years; 349 girls) and their New Zealand born parents (age 21–46; 1994–2018; 363 mothers; 89% European ethnicity). In both cohorts, PD before parenthood predicted more..

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Jacqui MacDonald Author

Meredith O'Connor Author

Ann Sanson Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

Number: DP130101459, DP160103160 and DP180102447; National Health and Medical Research Council, Grant/Award Number: APP1082406 and APP1175086; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Grant/Award Number: 5 RO1 HD32948; New Zealand Health Research Council