Parental Age and Offspring Childhood Mental Health:A Multi-Cohort, Population-Based Investigation

To examine the contributions of maternal and paternal age on offspring externalizing and internalizing problems, this study analyzed problem behaviors at age 10-12 years from four Dutch population-based cohorts (N = 32,892) by a multiple informant design. Bayesian evidence synthesis was used to combine results across cohorts with 50% of the data analyzed for discovery and 50% for confirmation. There was evidence of a robust negative linear relation between parental age and externalizing problems as reported by parents. In teacher-reports, this relation was largely explained by parental socio-e... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Zondervan-Zwijnenburg, Maria A J
Veldkamp, Sabine
Neumann, Alexander
Barzeva, Stefania A
Nelemans, Stefanie A
van Beijsterveldt, C.E.M.
Branje, Susan J T
Hillegers, Manon H J
Meeus, Wim H J
Tiemeier, Henning
Hoijtink, Herbert J A
Oldehinkel, Albertine J
Boomsma, D.I.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Reihe/Periodikum: Zondervan-Zwijnenburg , M A J , Veldkamp , S , Neumann , A , Barzeva , S A , Nelemans , S A , van Beijsterveldt , C E M , Branje , S J T , Hillegers , M H J , Meeus , W H J , Tiemeier , H , Hoijtink , H J A , Oldehinkel , A J & Boomsma , D I 2020 , ' Parental Age and Offspring Childhood Mental Health : A Multi-Cohort, Population-Based Investigation ' , Child Development , vol. 91 , no. 3 , pp. 964-982 . https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13267
Schlagwörter: /dk/atira/pure/keywords/cohort_studies/netherlands_twin_register_ntr_ / name=Netherlands Twin Register (NTR)
Sprache: Englisch
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To examine the contributions of maternal and paternal age on offspring externalizing and internalizing problems, this study analyzed problem behaviors at age 10-12 years from four Dutch population-based cohorts (N = 32,892) by a multiple informant design. Bayesian evidence synthesis was used to combine results across cohorts with 50% of the data analyzed for discovery and 50% for confirmation. There was evidence of a robust negative linear relation between parental age and externalizing problems as reported by parents. In teacher-reports, this relation was largely explained by parental socio-economic status. Parental age had limited to no association with internalizing problems. Thus, in this large population-based study, either a beneficial or no effect of advanced parenthood on child problem behavior was observed.