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Author: Vaughan, Erikka B.
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Vaughan, Erikka B. |
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Parent Factors and Offspring Emotional and Behavioral Problems during Childhood and Adolescence Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, 2017 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Age at Birth; Behavior; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Depression (see also CESD); Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Parental Influences; Siblings; Substance Use Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Internalizing and externalizing disorders often have developmental precursors during childhood and adolescence. The goal of the current dissertation, therefore, was to add to our understanding of the extent to which a range of family factors and processes are involved in the development of emotional and behavioral problems, with an emphasis on internalizing problems, across childhood and adolescence. I used two data sets: a nationally representative sample called the Children (Child and Young Adult sample) of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (CNLSY; N = 11,504; 49% female) and a community sample called the Child Development Project (CDP; N = 585; 48% female). In Projects 1 and 2, I found support in the CNLSY for a causal model, minimally explained by a range of putative mediators, between maternal age at childbearing (MAC) and child and adolescent emotional and behavioral problems using family-based designs (e.g., sibling comparisons). In Project 3, I found in the CNLSY that parental emotional support predicted child internalizing and the reverse, but that the associations were quite small and not likely clinically meaningful. In Project 4, I found in the CDP that the extent to which adolescents' internalizing predicts their parents' psychological control and the reverse depended on parent gender and varied across age. In sum, I used longitudinal and family-based, quasi-experimental designs to better understand the interplay between family factors, child factors, and the development of emotional and behavioral problems in children. I found that the associations were nuanced and varied across a range of factors, and that we have much to do to improve on our understanding of the mechanisms by which offspring emotional and behavioral problems are associated with parent factors and behaviors. |
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Vaughan, Erikka B. Parent Factors and Offspring Emotional and Behavioral Problems during Childhood and Adolescence. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, 2017. |
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Vaughan, Erikka B. Van Hulle, Carol A. Beasley, William H. Rodgers, Joseph Lee D'Onofrio, Brian M. |
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Clarifying the Associations between Age at Menarche and Adolescent Emotional and Behavioral Problems Journal of Youth and Adolescence 44,4 (April 2015): 922-939. Also: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10964-015-0255-7 Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Springer Keyword(s): Age at First Intercourse; Age at Menarche/First Menstruation; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); CESD (Depression Scale); Crime; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Kinship; Modeling, Multilevel; Siblings Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Better understanding risk factors for the development of adolescent emotional and behavioral problems can help with intervention and prevention efforts. Previous studies have found that an early menarcheal age predicts several adolescent problems, including depressive symptoms, delinquency, and early age at first intercourse. Few studies, nevertheless, have explicitly tested (a) whether the associations with menarcheal age vary across racial/ethnic groups or (b) whether the sources of the associations are within-families (i.e., consistent with a direct, causal link) or only between-families (i.e., due to selection or confounding factors). The current study analyzed data from a nationally representative US Sample of females (N=5,637). We examined whether race/ethnicity moderated the associations between early menarche and several adolescent problems by using multiple-group analyses and we examined the degree to which genetic and environmental factors shared by family members account for the associations by comparing sisters and cousins with differing menarcheal ages. Menarcheal age predicted subsequent depressive symptoms, delinquency, and early age at first intercourse in the population. The magnitudes of the associations were similar across all racial/ethnic groups for all outcomes. The within-family associations (i.e., when comparing siblings and cousins with different menarcheal age) were large and statistically significant when predicting early intercourse, but not the other outcomes. The findings suggest that selection or confounding factors account for the associations between menarcheal age and subsequent depressive symptoms and delinquency, whereas the independent association between menarcheal age and early age at first intercourse is consistent with a direct, causal effect. |
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Vaughan, Erikka B., Carol A. Van Hulle, William H. Beasley, Joseph Lee Rodgers and Brian M. D'Onofrio. "Clarifying the Associations between Age at Menarche and Adolescent Emotional and Behavioral Problems." Journal of Youth and Adolescence 44,4 (April 2015): 922-939.
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