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    Does Late Childbearing Increase the Risk for Behavioural Problems in Children? A Longitudinal Cohort Study

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    Authors
    Tearne, J.
    Robinson, M.
    Jacoby, P.
    Li, Jianghong
    Newnham, J.
    McLean, N.
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Tearne, J. and Robinson, M. and Jacoby, P. and Li, J. and Newnham, J. and McLean, N. 2015. Does Late Childbearing Increase the Risk for Behavioural Problems in Children? A Longitudinal Cohort Study. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 29: pp. 41-49.
    Source Title
    Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
    DOI
    10.1111/ppe.12165
    ISSN
    02695022
    School
    Centre for Population Health Research
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    This is the accepted version of the following article: "Tearne, J. and Robinson, M. and Jacoby, P. and Li, J. and Newnham, J. and McLean, N. 2015. Does Late Childbearing Increase the Risk for Behavioural Problems in Children? A Longitudinal Cohort Study. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 29: pp. 41-49.", which has been published in final form at http://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12165

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30142
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    Background: This study aimed to examine the relationship between advanced parental age and behavioural outcomes in offspring in a longitudinal cohort of children in Western Australia.Methods: The Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) is a prospective study of 2900 pregnancies. Offspring were followed up at ages 2, 5, 8, 10, 14, and 17 years, and 1754 adolescents were available for follow-up at 17 years. The Child Behaviour Checklist was used to measure child behaviour, including internalising (e.g. anxious/withdrawn) and externalising (e.g. aggressive/destructive) behaviours.Results: There was a significant linear relationship between maternal age and total internalising and externalising behaviour outcomes, but not paternal age. Increasing maternal age was associated with decreasing risk for problem behaviours in offspring. In the categorical models, young maternal age (20–24 years) was associated with significantly increased risk for problem behaviours in offspring relative to offspring of parents in the reference group (25–29 years), and a paternal age of 35–39 years was associated with decreased risk for total behaviour morbidity in offspring.Conclusions: This study showed no evidence that late fatherhood is associated with adverse behavioural outcomes in offspring. Increasing maternal age was found to be a protective factor for child behaviour morbidity.

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