Children’s impulse control and intelligence are important for health and social functioning later in life, but the degree to which they impact later outcomes via common vs. unique pathways is still unclear, particularly in high-risk samples. The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (n = 4,898; 48% female; 18% White) was used to examine the plausibility of common or “global” dimensions of health problems and antisocial behavior at approximately age 15, as well as to examine the possible roles of impulsivity and intelligence in their etiologies. To this end, we employed structural equation modeling, controlled for covariates, and leveraged ratings from parents, teachers, observers, and children. Findings suggest that childhood impulsivity forecasted higher levels on dimensions of health problems and antisocial behaviors in adolescence, whereas with impulsivity controlled, childhood intelligence forecasted greater general risk for age-typical antisocial behavior and did not significantly predict global health. Future studies aiming to elucidate the degree to which adolescent outcomes emerge via common pathways will benefit from the use of latent variable modeling.

儿童的冲动控制和智力对生命后期的健康和社会功能很重要，但它们通过常见与独特途径影响后期结果的程度仍不清楚，特别是在高风险样本中。脆弱家庭和儿童福利研究 ( n = 4,898; 48% 女性；18% White) 被用来检查大约 15 岁时健康问题和反社会行为的共同或“全球”维度的合理性，以及检查冲动和智力在其病因中的可能作用。为此，我们采用结构方程建模，控制协变量，并利用父母、教师、观察者和儿童的评级。研究结果表明，儿童期的冲动性对青春期健康问题和反社会行为方面的预测水平更高，而在控制了冲动性的情况下，儿童期智力预测的水平更高年龄典型的反社会行为的一般风险，并没有显着预测全球健康。未来旨在阐明通过共同途径出现青少年结果的程度的研究将受益于潜在变量模型的使用。