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Garon NM, English SD. Heterogeneity of decision-making strategies for preschoolers on a variant of the IGT. APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. CHILD 2022; 11:811-824. [PMID: 34505556 DOI: 10.1080/21622965.2021.1973470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Adaptive decision-making strategies are critical for dealing with the complexity of the social world. The present study investigated the use of decision-making strategies in preschoolers and their association to prosocial behavior and peer problems. Eighty-six preschoolers aged 3- and 4-years completed the preschool decision-making task (PGT), a child variant of the Iowa Gambling task . Win-stay/lose-shift responses along with exploration (consecutive choices from the advantageous deck) and exploitation (shifting between options) were examined. Preschoolers showed a range of strategies, with 4-year-olds adapting their approach as the game progressed and making better use of feedback in comparison to 3-year-olds. Children who differed in terms of choices from the advantageous deck were distinguished by different combinations of exploration and exploitation. Furthermore, unique combinations of decision-making strategies also distinguished children who were rated as high versus low in prosocial behavior as well as children rated as having a high versus low level of peer problems. The findings suggest that consideration of strategies used in decision-making tasks could provide useful insight in a clinical setting, particularly for populations with social difficulties.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nancy Marie Garon
- Department of Psychology, Mount Allison University, Sackville, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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Li X, Zhu YT, Jiao DD, Sawada Y, Tanaka E, Watanabe T, Tomisaki E, Zhu Z, Ajmal A, Matsumoto M, Zhang JR, Banu AA, Liu Y, Cui MY, Graça Y, Wang YL, Qian ML, Anme T. Subtyping of Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors in Japanese Community-Based Children: A Latent Class Analysis and Association with Family Activities. CHILDREN (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 9:210. [PMID: 35204930 PMCID: PMC8870000 DOI: 10.3390/children9020210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Externalizing and internalizing behavioral problems occurs at a high rate among children. However, this has rarely been examined among Japanese children using a person-oriented method. Hence, this study aims to explore its subtypes and clarify their association with family-based group activities. We conducted a cross-sectional survey in a typical community-based suburban area for all families with primary school children in Japan. We investigated children's internalizing and externalizing behaviors based on the Japanese version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), and different types of activities that family members frequently engaged in. Data from 206 families were collected and used for the analysis. The subtypes were explored using latent class analysis (LCA). The relationship between family activities and latent class membership was analyzed using a logistic regression model. Moreover, three latent class models and their probabilities were identified, namely, risk group (31.3%), moderate group (44.9%), and normal group (23.8%). Frequent family activities including play sports, traveling or hiking, watching TV and communicating, cooking or making a dessert, and doing housework, which were significantly related to the normal group. These results would add evidence to potential types of children's behavioral problems and preventive childcare practices needed in the primary gate of families.
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- Xiang Li
- School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan; (X.L.); (Y.-T.Z.); (D.-D.J.); (Z.Z.); (A.A.); (M.M.); (J.-R.Z.); (A.A.B.); (Y.L.); (M.-Y.C.); (Y.G.); (Y.-L.W.); (M.-L.Q.)
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- School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan; (X.L.); (Y.-T.Z.); (D.-D.J.); (Z.Z.); (A.A.); (M.M.); (J.-R.Z.); (A.A.B.); (Y.L.); (M.-Y.C.); (Y.G.); (Y.-L.W.); (M.-L.Q.)
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- School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan; (X.L.); (Y.-T.Z.); (D.-D.J.); (Z.Z.); (A.A.); (M.M.); (J.-R.Z.); (A.A.B.); (Y.L.); (M.-Y.C.); (Y.G.); (Y.-L.W.); (M.-L.Q.)
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- Faculty of Health Medicine, Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences, Osaka 5598611, Japan;
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- Faculty of Nursing, Musashino University, Tokyo 2028585, Japan;
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- Faculty of Nursing, Shukutoku University, Chiba 2608701, Japan;
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- School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan; (X.L.); (Y.-T.Z.); (D.-D.J.); (Z.Z.); (A.A.); (M.M.); (J.-R.Z.); (A.A.B.); (Y.L.); (M.-Y.C.); (Y.G.); (Y.-L.W.); (M.-L.Q.)
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- School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan; (X.L.); (Y.-T.Z.); (D.-D.J.); (Z.Z.); (A.A.); (M.M.); (J.-R.Z.); (A.A.B.); (Y.L.); (M.-Y.C.); (Y.G.); (Y.-L.W.); (M.-L.Q.)
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- School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan; (X.L.); (Y.-T.Z.); (D.-D.J.); (Z.Z.); (A.A.); (M.M.); (J.-R.Z.); (A.A.B.); (Y.L.); (M.-Y.C.); (Y.G.); (Y.-L.W.); (M.-L.Q.)
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- School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan; (X.L.); (Y.-T.Z.); (D.-D.J.); (Z.Z.); (A.A.); (M.M.); (J.-R.Z.); (A.A.B.); (Y.L.); (M.-Y.C.); (Y.G.); (Y.-L.W.); (M.-L.Q.)
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- School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan; (X.L.); (Y.-T.Z.); (D.-D.J.); (Z.Z.); (A.A.); (M.M.); (J.-R.Z.); (A.A.B.); (Y.L.); (M.-Y.C.); (Y.G.); (Y.-L.W.); (M.-L.Q.)
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- School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan; (X.L.); (Y.-T.Z.); (D.-D.J.); (Z.Z.); (A.A.); (M.M.); (J.-R.Z.); (A.A.B.); (Y.L.); (M.-Y.C.); (Y.G.); (Y.-L.W.); (M.-L.Q.)
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- School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan; (X.L.); (Y.-T.Z.); (D.-D.J.); (Z.Z.); (A.A.); (M.M.); (J.-R.Z.); (A.A.B.); (Y.L.); (M.-Y.C.); (Y.G.); (Y.-L.W.); (M.-L.Q.)
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- School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan; (X.L.); (Y.-T.Z.); (D.-D.J.); (Z.Z.); (A.A.); (M.M.); (J.-R.Z.); (A.A.B.); (Y.L.); (M.-Y.C.); (Y.G.); (Y.-L.W.); (M.-L.Q.)
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- School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan; (X.L.); (Y.-T.Z.); (D.-D.J.); (Z.Z.); (A.A.); (M.M.); (J.-R.Z.); (A.A.B.); (Y.L.); (M.-Y.C.); (Y.G.); (Y.-L.W.); (M.-L.Q.)
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- School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan; (X.L.); (Y.-T.Z.); (D.-D.J.); (Z.Z.); (A.A.); (M.M.); (J.-R.Z.); (A.A.B.); (Y.L.); (M.-Y.C.); (Y.G.); (Y.-L.W.); (M.-L.Q.)
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan
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Isdahl-Troye A, Villar P, Domínguez-Álvarez B, Romero E, Deater-Deckard K. The Development of Co-Occurrent Anxiety and Externalizing Problems from Early Childhood: a Latent Transition Analysis Approach. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol 2021; 50:505-519. [PMID: 34499292 PMCID: PMC8940780 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-021-00865-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Research into co-occurrent internalizing and externalizing problems during childhood is flourishing. In particular, investigation on the association between anxiety and externalizing problems has yielded mixed findings, focused mainly on the issue of which problem might precede the other, and what role anxiety plays with respect to externalizing problems. Relatively little attention has been paid to the developmental patterns of these behaviors from early childhood, despite the potential of such knowledge to fully delineate etiological models of co-occurrence. This study aimed to examine the longitudinal association of anxiety and externalizing problems in a community sample of preschoolers (ELISA Project; N = 2,341; 48.2% girls), by identifying empirically derived profiles and then describing their change and stability through the use of Latent Transition Analysis. Gender differences were explored. Four different profiles were identified: “typically developing”, “mainly anxious”, “modestly externalizing” and “co-occurrent”. Membership in these profile groups showed high stability over a two-year period. However, children in the “co-occurrent” profile group were the most likely to show changes, predominantly towards “modestly externalizing”. Furthermore, a significant gender difference for transitions towards the “co-occurrent” profile group was found, with girls showing less likelihood of being assigned to such profile. These findings show that it is possible to identify an early persistent course of co-occurrent anxiety and externalizing problems, as well as observe changes in co-occurrence towards a simpler externalizing behavioral expression. Further research should explore predictors of group membership and changes in membership, that are malleable and therefore open to preventative intervention.
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- Aimé Isdahl-Troye
- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, USA
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