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Thompson, Theresa M. |
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A Life Course Investigation of Childhood Risk Patterns and the Development of Trajectories of Competence in Early Adolescence Ph.D. Dissertation, Johns Hopkins University, June 2008 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Age at Birth; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); CESD (Depression Scale); Depression (see also CESD); Family Income; Fathers, Absence; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Household Composition; Modeling, Growth Curve/Latent Trajectory Analysis; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; Poverty; Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Aims/Methods. Taking advantage of recent methodological advances for the analysis of longitudinal data, this study combines latent class analysis with growth curve modeling to investigate whether the patterning of risks during the first eight years of life has distinct consequences for the developmental growth trajectories of academic and behavioral competence. Also examined, is the influence of gender and race/ethnicity on the patterning of risks and on the trajectories of competence, and the influence of latent risk class membership and trajectories of competence on adolescent psychological well-being. Results. The patterning of risk exposures from birth to age 8 was found to predict the initial level of average academic achievement and antisocial behavior at age 8, and the rate of change in average academic achievement and antisocial behavior over time between ages 8 to 14. Gender and race/ethnicity were found to influence both the patterning of childhood risks and the growth parameters of the development trajectories of academic and behavioral competence in early adolescence. Results for the influence of latent risk class membership and trajectories of competence on adolescent psychological well-being were inconclusive. |
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Thompson, Theresa M. A Life Course Investigation of Childhood Risk Patterns and the Development of Trajectories of Competence in Early Adolescence. Ph.D. Dissertation, Johns Hopkins University, June 2008. |