Key findings
- Parents/carers reported that their children’s emotional problems did not increase or decrease significantly over the one-month period.
- Parent/carers reported a reduction in their child’s restless/attentional difficulties over the one-month period.
- Parents/carers of boys, but not girls, reported a reduction in their child’s behavioural difficulties over the one-month period.
- Employed parents/carers, but not those who are unemployed, reported a reduction in their child’s behavioural and restless/attentional difficulties over the one-month period.
- At a group level, the changes reported were subtle and suggest that young children’s emotional, behavioural and attentional problems were relatively stable during the one-month period.