TY - JOUR
T1 - Early life risk factors for adolescent mental health difficulties for individuals at risk of developmental language disorder
AU - Fradley, Kathryn
AU - Oldfield, Jeremy
AU - Marshall, Julie
AU - Toseeb, Umar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Authors. Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of National Association for Special Educational Needs.
PY - 2024/3/22
Y1 - 2024/3/22
N2 - Young people with developmental language disorder (DLD) often have poorer mental health compared to those without DLD. However, not all young people with DLD experience such difficulties. Two hundred and eighty-one young people at risk of DLD (45% Female; 53% White British) were identified from a UK based population-cohort. Main caregivers completed questionnaires about their early life (<5 years) and their mental health (at 14 years). Parent–child conflict was revealed to be an early risk factor for all mental health outcomes, at age 14. Additionally, harsh discipline and second-hand smoke predicted worse externalising problems, and gender differences predicted worse internalising problems. Further findings demonstrated that, as the number of risk factors increased, so did the severity of mental health difficulties.
AB - Young people with developmental language disorder (DLD) often have poorer mental health compared to those without DLD. However, not all young people with DLD experience such difficulties. Two hundred and eighty-one young people at risk of DLD (45% Female; 53% White British) were identified from a UK based population-cohort. Main caregivers completed questionnaires about their early life (<5 years) and their mental health (at 14 years). Parent–child conflict was revealed to be an early risk factor for all mental health outcomes, at age 14. Additionally, harsh discipline and second-hand smoke predicted worse externalising problems, and gender differences predicted worse internalising problems. Further findings demonstrated that, as the number of risk factors increased, so did the severity of mental health difficulties.
KW - developmental language disorder
KW - millennium cohort study
KW - cumulative risk
KW - early risk
KW - mental health
KW - Education
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U2 - 10.1111/1471-3802.12654
DO - 10.1111/1471-3802.12654
M3 - Article (journal)
SN - 1471-3802
SP - 1
EP - 16
JO - Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs
JF - Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs
ER -