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Takegata M, Ohashi Y, Nguyen HAT, Toizumi M, Moriuchi H, Dang DA, Yoshida LM, Gartstein MA, Putnam S, Kitamura T. Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Very Short Form of Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (IBQR-VSF): A Study among Vietnamese Children. Healthcare (Basel) 2022; 10:healthcare10040689. [PMID: 35455866 PMCID: PMC9031564 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10040689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (IBQ-R) assesses the temperament of infants in Western and non-Western countries. Although its factor analyses revealed three factors—surgency, negative affectivity, and effortful control—in the Western culture, the degree to which these are universal or culturally specific is unclear. This study developed a Vietnamese version of the IBQ-Revised Very Short Form (R-VSF) and examined its factor structure in a Vietnamese population. The Vietnamese IBQ-R VSF was administered to 292 mothers of infants between the ages of 3 and 18 months in Nha Trang city, Vietnam, between July and September 2019. After deleting items to achieve sufficient Cronbach’s alphas for each scale (surgency, negative affectivity, and orienting/regulation), the remaining 28 items were aggregated to parcels subjected to exploratory factor analyses (EFAs). EFAs revealed a 3-factor model corresponding to the original theory, and confirmatory factor analyses indicated a good fit of this structural model. The final 3-factor model with parcels indicated measurement and structural invariance between mothers of boys and girls.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mizuki Takegata
- Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan; (M.T.); (L.-M.Y.)
- Kitamura Institute of Mental Health Tokyo, Tokyo 151-0063, Japan; (Y.O.); (T.K.)
- Correspondence:
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- Kitamura Institute of Mental Health Tokyo, Tokyo 151-0063, Japan; (Y.O.); (T.K.)
- Faculty of Nursing, Josai International University, Chiba 151-0063, Japan
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- National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam; (H.A.T.N.); (D.A.D.)
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan; (M.T.); (L.-M.Y.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki 852-8102, Japan;
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- National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam; (H.A.T.N.); (D.A.D.)
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan; (M.T.); (L.-M.Y.)
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- Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 644820, USA;
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- Department of Psychology, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 04011, USA;
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- Kitamura Institute of Mental Health Tokyo, Tokyo 151-0063, Japan; (Y.O.); (T.K.)
- Kitamura KOKORO Clinic Mental Health, Tokyo151-0063, Japan
- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
- T. and F. Kitamura Foundation for Studies and Skill Advancement in Mental Health, Tokyo 151-0063, Japan
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Burenkova OV, Podturkin AA. Objective Assessment of Temperament in Temperamentally Vulnerable Children: Role in the Studies on Their Stress Levels. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev 2021; 2020:97-115. [PMID: 32324326 DOI: 10.1002/cad.20330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Under conditions of suboptimal parental care, children with specific temperamental features have been shown to be especially vulnerable to the effects of stress. Most studies of temperamentally vulnerable children have been conducted using parental questionnaires, which are unfortunately not completely objective. An alternative approach, the use of objective methods for assessing temperament in childhood, can and should be used to study the impact of poor parenting quality on children's stress levels, an important factor in child development. Although studies using such objective methods exist, they are quite rare. A PubMed search identified twelve articles reviewed here. Existing data indicate that, in general, higher basal cortisol and cortisol stress response are associated with "reactive" temperament: shyness, fearfulness, behavioral inhibition, and negative affectivity. Furthermore, child temperament interacts with the quality of parental care to predict cortisol levels in early childhood. Accordingly, in the context of inadequate parental care, temperamentally vulnerable children with "reactive" temperaments are particularly at risk for negative effects of stress. Studies of stress-by-parental-care-interactions are essential for preventing long-term mental problems and problems with physical health that could occur in temperamentally vulnerable children who receive suboptimal parental care.
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Sääksjärvi K, Lehto E, Lehto R, Suhonen E, Leppänen M, Michels N, Saha M, Ray C, Vepsäläinen H, Pajulahti R, Heiman-Lindh A, Sainio T, Erkkola M, Roos E, Sajaniemi N. Associations between hair and salivary cortisol, salivary alpha-amylase, and temperament dimensions among 3-6-year-olds. Horm Behav 2021; 135:105042. [PMID: 34418581 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.105042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/31/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Associations between hair cortisol concentration (HCC), diurnal salivary cortisol (sCort) and alpha-amylase (sAA), and temperament dimensions were examined among 3-6-year-old Finnish children (n = 833). Children's hair samples were collected at preschool, while parents collected five saliva samples from children during one weekend day and completed a questionnaire assessing child's temperament dimensions i.e. surgency, negative affectivity, and effortful control (HCC, n = 677; AUCg of sAA, n = 380; AUCg of sCort, n = 302; temperament dimensions, n = 751). In linear regression analysis, diurnal sCort associated positively with HCC, the association persisting after adjustments (β 0.31, 95% CI 0.20-0.42). In logistic regression analysis, increasing scores in effortful control associated with higher likelihood of having high HCC (OR 1.47, 95% CI 1.07-2.03), the association slightly attenuating to non-significant after adjustments. Otherwise, no clear indication for associations between temperament and stress-related biomarkers were found.
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- Katri Sääksjärvi
- Faculty of Educational Sciences, Department of Teacher Education, P. O. Box 9, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Faculty of Educational Sciences, Department of Teacher Education, P. O. Box 9, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Faculty of Educational Sciences, Department of Teacher Education, P. O. Box 9, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; Folkhälsan Research Center, Topeliuksenkatu 20, 00250 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Faculty of Educational Sciences, Department of Teacher Education, P. O. Box 9, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Topeliuksenkatu 20, 00250 Helsinki, Finland; Faculty of Medicine, P. O. Box 63, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Faculty of Education and Culture, P. O. Box 700, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland.
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Topeliuksenkatu 20, 00250 Helsinki, Finland; Department of Food and Nutrition, P. O. Box 66, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, P. O. Box 66, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, P. O. Box 66, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, P. O. Box 66, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Faculty of Educational Sciences, Department of Teacher Education, P. O. Box 9, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, P. O. Box 66, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Topeliuksenkatu 20, 00250 Helsinki, Finland; Department of Food and Nutrition, P. O. Box 66, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; Department of Public Health, P. O. Box 20, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Faculty of Educational Sciences, Department of Teacher Education, P. O. Box 9, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; Philosophical Faculty, School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education, University of Eastern Finland, P. O. Box 111, 80101 Joensuu, Finland.
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Eggers K, Millard S, Kelman E. Temperament and the Impact of Stuttering in Children Aged 8-14 Years. JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING RESEARCH : JSLHR 2021; 64:417-432. [PMID: 33465312 DOI: 10.1044/2020_jslhr-20-00095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Purpose The goal of this study was to evaluate possible associations between child- and mother-reported temperament, stuttering severity, and child-reported impact of stuttering in school-age children who stutter. Method Participants were 123 children who stutter (94 boys and 29 girls) who were between 9;0 and 14;10 (years;months) and their mothers. Temperament was assessed with the revised child and parent version of the Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire-Revised (Ellis & Rothbart, 2001). The Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering (Yaruss & Quesal, 2006) was used to evaluate the stuttering impact. Results Child- and mother-reported Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire-Revised temperament factors correlated moderately. No statistically significant associations were found between temperament and stuttering severity. The temperament factors of Surgency (both child- and mother-reported) and Negative Affect (only child-reported) correlated moderately with the Overall Impact and several subsections (i.e., Speaker's Reactions, Daily Communication, and/or Quality of Life) of the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering. Conclusions More extraverted and less fearful/shy children experience a lower overall impact of their stuttering. Children with higher levels of irritability and frustration experience a higher overall impact of their stuttering. Since children's ratings of temperament were more sensitive to these associations than mothers, this study supports the inclusion of child-reported temperament questionnaires in future research.
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- Kurt Eggers
- Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Thomas More University College, Belgium
- Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology, University of Turku, Finland
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- Michael Palin Centre, London, United Kingdom
- City, University of London, United Kingdom
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Takegata M, Matsunaga A, Ohashi Y, Toizumi M, Yoshida LM, Kitamura T. Prenatal and Intrapartum Factors Associated With Infant Temperament: A Systematic Review. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:609020. [PMID: 33897486 PMCID: PMC8060501 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.609020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background: Temperament involves individual variations in behavioural tendencies of emotional responses and reactions to stimuli after birth. Because 'foetal programming' is a strong hypothesis in developing temperament, prenatal and intrapartum factors may be significant determinants of infant temperament. This systematic literature review aims to elucidate the evidence of prenatal and intrapartum predictors, including genetic, biological, environmental, socio-demographic, psychological, and obstetric factors of parents and their child. Methods: Relevant articles were searched using MEDLINE, PubMed, and SCOPUS. The inclusion criteria were (a) original research article, (b) written in English, (c) assessed the temperament of infants 12 months old or younger as an outcome variable, and (d) investigated prenatal and intrapartum factorial variables of infant temperament. Following the PRISMA guideline, the articles found in the three databases were screened and selected according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria before the final review. Results: Finally, 35 articles were reviewed. This systematic review identified a variety of prenatal and intrapartum factors that were significantly associated with infant temperament: (1) genetic and biological factors: certain genotypes, maternal cortisol and ACTH, and CRHs, (2) environmental factors: substance use such as tobacco, alcohol, and illegal drugs, (3) socio-demographic factor: lower-income, (4) psychological factors: depression or anxiety, eating disorders, personality types of mothers, and domestic violence, and (5) obstetric factors: foetal growth (birth weight), hypertension in mothers, nausea (emesis), and preterm birth. Conclusion: The findings support gene-environment interaction and biological mechanisms for developing infant temperament, suggesting the importance of ensuring a safe and comfortable environment for pregnant mothers, unborn infants, and families during pregnancy and delivery.
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- Mizuki Takegata
- Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.,Kitamura Institute of Mental Health Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Kitamura Institute of Mental Health Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Kitamura KOKORO Clinic Mental Health, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Community Mental Health and Law, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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- Faculty of Nursing, Josai International University, Togane, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Kitamura Institute of Mental Health Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Kitamura KOKORO Clinic Mental Health, Tokyo, Japan.,T. and F. Kitamura Foundation for Studies and Skill Advancement in Mental Health, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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Takegata M, Takeda S, Sakanashi K, Tanaka T, Kitamura T. Perinatal self-report of thoughts of self-harm, depressive symptoms, and personality traits: Prospective study of Japanese community women. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2019; 73:707-712. [PMID: 31347220 DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Revised: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 07/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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AIM The aim of this study was to identify women with thoughts of self-harm preceded by suicidal ideation, during the perinatal period, on cluster analysis and to clarify their psychological correlates. METHODS A secondary analysis was conducted using the data from a longitudinal study involving 18 obstetric clinics between 2011 and 2012 in Kumamoto Prefecture (Japan). Self-administered questionnaires including demographic data, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Temperament and Character Inventory, and the Postnatal Bonding Questionnaire were distributed during the third trimester of pregnancy (wave 1), at 5 days (wave 2), and 1 month postpartum (wave 3). RESULTS On cluster analysis using the data of participants who answered all observational points, the participants were divided into two groups: cluster 1, normal (n = 201); and cluster 2, thoughts of self-harm (n = 42). Low self-directedness, low cooperativeness, higher anxiety, depression, and lack of affection and anger and rejection towards the baby were associated with cluster 2. CONCLUSIONS The finding that low self-directedness and low cooperativeness were related to the cluster 2 group suggests that immature personality traits may work as a predisposing factor mediating between anxiety, depression and thoughts of self-harm.
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- Mizuki Takegata
- Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Women's Health/Mother-Child Nursing, Faculty of Life Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Kitamura Institute of Mental Health Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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Thorup AAE, Laursen TM, Munk-Olsen T, Ranning A, Mortensen PB, Plessen KJ, Nordentoft M. Incidence of child and adolescent mental disorders in children aged 0-17 with familial high risk for severe mental illness - A Danish register study. Schizophr Res 2018; 197:298-304. [PMID: 29132814 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2017.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2017] [Revised: 11/02/2017] [Accepted: 11/05/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Offspring of parents with severe mental illness (SMI: schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major depressive disorder) have an increased risk of developing mental disorder themselves. In childhood they may have neurodevelopmental delays, cognitive deficits and social adversities. We aimed to investigate if these individuals are more at risk of being diagnosed with a mental disorder during childhood/adolescence in a national sample. METHODS By linking Danish registers we established a cohort consisting of all persons born to parents with SMI with those born to parents without SMI serving as a reference group. Incidence rate ratios (IRRs) for offspring diagnosed with a mental disorder by parental mental disorder were calculated. RESULTS Offspring of parents with SMI showed increased IRR for all diagnoses of child and adolescent mental disorders compared to the reference group. Offspring of mothers with schizophrenia had IRR of 2.60 (CI: 2.50-2.70, N=2550) of having any diagnoses, for children of fathers with schizophrenia IRR was 2.06 (CI: 1.97-2.16, N=1901) and for offspring of two parents with schizophrenia IRR was 4.57 (CI: 3.94-5.31, N=175). For individuals with a mother with bipolar disorder the IRR was 2.29 (CI: 2.09-2.50, N=502), with a father 1.77 (CI: 1.74-1.87, N=320), whereas the IRR was 2.96 (CI: 2.63-3.34, N=264) if both parents had unipolar depression. DISCUSSION Offspring of parents with a SMI have a higher risk of being diagnosed with any child and adolescent mental disorder. The IRRs for all diagnoses during childhood were increased by a factor 2-4. Having two ill parents increased the IRR.
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- Anne A E Thorup
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark; iPsych - The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, Denmark; University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Denmark.
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- National Center for Register-Based Research, Aarhus University, Denmark; iPsych - The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, Denmark.
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- National Center for Register-Based Research, Aarhus University, Denmark; iPsych - The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, Denmark.
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- Reseach Unit at Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark; iPsych - The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, Denmark.
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- National Center for Register-Based Research, Aarhus University, Denmark; Cirrau - Centre for Integrated Register-based Research at Aarhus University, Denmark.
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- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark; iPsych - The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, Denmark; University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Denmark.
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- Reseach Unit at Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark; iPsych - The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, Denmark; University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Denmark.
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