@article {431,
	title = {Parental age and offspring childhood mental health: A multi-cohort, population-based investigation},
	journal = {Child Development},
	volume = {91},
	year = {2020},
	pages = {964{\textendash}982},
	abstract = {<p>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.</p>
},
	doi = {10.1111/cdev.13267},
	author = {Zondervan-Zwijnenburg, Maria A J and Veldkamp, Sabine A M and Neumann, Alexander and Barzeva, Stefania A and Nelemans, Stefanie A and van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E M and Branje, Susan J T and Hillegers, Manon H J and Meeus, Wim H J and Tiemeier, Henning and Hoijtink, Herbert J A and Oldehinkel, Albertine J and Boomsma, Dorret I}
}
