Risk Factors for Childhood Mental Health Symptoms: National Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

@article{Bayer2011RiskFF,
  title={Risk Factors for Childhood Mental Health Symptoms: National Longitudinal Study of Australian Children},
  author={Jordana K. Bayer and Obioha C. Ukoumunne and Nina Lucas and Melissa Wake and Katherine Scalzo and Jan M. Nicholson},
  journal={Pediatrics},
  year={2011},
  volume={128},
  pages={e865 - e879}
}
OBJECTIVE: To determine predictors of child externalizing (behavioral) and internalizing (emotional) symptoms in a national population sample. METHODS: Data were collected in 3 biennial waves (2004, 2006, and 2008) from 2 cohorts in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, initially including 5107 children 0 to 1 year of age and 4983 children 4 to 5 years of age. The primary outcomes were child externalizing and internalizing symptoms. Relationships between potential risk factors and… 
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