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

• Zondervan-Zwijnenburg, Maria A.J. ^[1] ; Veldkamp, Sabine A.M. ^[2] ; Neumann, Alexander ^[4] ; Barzeva, Stefania A. ^[3] ; Nelemans, Stefanie A. ^[1] ; van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E.M. ^[2] ; Branje, Susan J.T. ^[1] ; Hillegers, Manon H.J. ^[4] ; Meeus, Wim H.J. ^[1] ; Tiemeier, Henning ^[4] ; Hoijtink, Herbert J.A. ^[1] ; Oldehinkel, Albertine J. ^[3] ; Boomsma, Dorret I. ^[2]
  1. [1] Utrecht University

     Utrecht University

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  2. [2] VU University Amsterdam

     VU University Amsterdam

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  3. [3] University of Groningen

     University of Groningen

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  4. [4] Erasmus Medical Center

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• Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 91, Nº. 3, 2020, págs. 964-982
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13267
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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.