Background: Cumulative risk research has established the deleterious effects of co‐occurring factors on child behavior outcomes. However, extant literature not addressed potential differential cumulative at different points in development and left open questions about whether a threshold model or linear better describes impact The current study examined (i.e., maltreatment, inter‐parental violence, family disruption, low socioeconomic status, high parental stress) early middle childhood...

Using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), rate and type of behavior problems associated with being reared in an institution prior to adoption were examined 1,948, 4- through 18-year-old internationally adopted children, 899 whom had experienced prolonged institutional care adoption. The children's adoptions decreed between 1990 1998 Minnesota. Binomial logistic regression analyses revealed that early rearing was increased rates attention social problems, but not either internalizing or...

Casual sexual relationships and experiences (CSREs) such as hookups, one-night stands, friends with benefits relationships, booty calls have received increasing attention in the past decade. This review examines role of CSREs during emerging adulthood, well similarities differences among different types CSREs. Furthermore, we examine predictors positive negative consequences engaging While research area has provided important information about development course these...

In this study, we examined a model that describes both direct and indirect pathways between children's temperament activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis when children are in peer-group settings. We hypothesize settings shy, inhibited exuberant, undercontrolled would exhibit higher cortisol levels, but these associations operate through different pathways. Sociometric measures peer rejection, salivary cortisol, teacher reports were collected on 82 preschoolers. Children...

The developmental pathways linking maltreatment in early childhood and antisocial behavior adolescence were examined using data from a longitudinal study of high-risk children their families. Two process variables, emotional/self-regulation (dysregulation) establishing close emotional relationship between the child primary caregiver (alienation), included model an effort to better understand pathway behavior. results indicated that alienation and, much lesser extent, dysregulation helped...

Objective Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is an increasingly popular practice demonstrated to alleviate and treat certain health conditions. MBSR may reduce elevated blood pressure (BP). Treatment guidelines recommend life-style modifications for BP in the prehypertensive range (systolic [SBP] 120–139 mm Hg or diastolic [DBP] 80–89 Hg), followed by antihypertensives if reaches hypertensive levels. has not been thoroughly evaluated as a treatment of prehypertension. A randomized...

ABSTRACT The association between loneliness and suicidality has been documented in many studies, but these studies have limited by cross-sectional designs the use of adult-only populations. purpose current study was to overcome limitations (a) investigating whether link suicidal thoughts behaviors occurs cross-sectionally, longitudinally, or both (b) how might be influenced different demographic variables, including gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status. Logistic regression analyses were...

Objective Treatment recommendation and guidelines for patients with heart failure (HF) can be complex, past work has shown that HF demonstrate low rates of adherence to recommended health behaviors. Although previous identified several medical, demographic, psychosocial predictors the capacity adhere treatment recommendations persons HF, little is known about contribution cognitive impairment reported in this population. Methods A total 149 (mean [standard deviation] = 68.08 [10.74] years)...

There are conflicting findings about whether adopted children have more psychological and behavioral problems than nonadoptees. Research results discrepant partly because many previous studies were based on small clinical samples or biased by self‐selection. A nationally representative school survey (Add Health) was used to compare ( n = 1,587) nonadopted adolescents (total N 87,165) across a wide variety of measures. Standardized mean differences show that at higher risk in all the domains...

Background: Research examining intergenerational transmission of psychopathology is often limited by reliance on the same individuals for information multiple constructs interest. To counteract this limitation, data from a prospective, longitudinal study at‐risk youth were analyzed to test hypothesis that parenting and family environmental factors mediate association between maternal depressive symptoms offspring in late adolescence. Method: Data taken 184 families Minnesota Longitudinal...

To offer a practical demonstration of regression models recommended for count outcomes using longitudinal predictors children's medically attended injuries.Participants included 708 children from the NICHD child care study. Measures temperament, attention, parent-child relationship, and safety physical environment were used to predict injuries.Statistical comparisons among five estimation methods revealed that zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP) model provided best fit with observed data. ZIP...

The extent to which self-harm and suicidal behavior overlap in community samples of vulnerable youth is not well known. Secondary analyses were conducted the “linkages study” (N = 4,131), a cross-sectional survey students enrolled grades 7, 9, 11/12 high-risk U.S. 2004. Analyses determine risk protective factors (i.e., academic grades, binge drinking, illicit drug use, weapon carrying, child maltreatment, social support, depression, impulsivity, self-efficacy, parental monitoring) associated...

We investigated whether changes in loneliness during middle childhood as well from into adolescence were associated with adolescent self-harm behaviors and suicidal thoughts using a community sample of 889 participants. Multivariate logistic regressions indicate that the relationship between suicidality is no longer statistically significant once depression externalizing behavior problems are included controls. Follow-up analyses increases indirectly affect through problems. These findings...

Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N = 9,148), we examined relationship between dimensions parent-child involvement (shared communication, shared activity participation, and emotional closeness) three adolescent alcohol outcomes (alcohol use, related problems, risky behavior co-occurring with use). This paper addresses previous limitations in fathering research by investigating both paternal maternal understanding outcomes. When analyzed simultaneously,...