Childhood Environmental Unpredictability and Adolescent Mental Health and Behavioral Problems
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| Title: | Childhood Environmental Unpredictability and Adolescent Mental Health and Behavioral Problems |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Kalsea J. Koss (ORCID |
| Source: | Child Development. 2025 96(4):1424-1442. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 19 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH) |
| Contract Number: | R01HD036916 R01HD039135 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Trauma, Well Being, Children, Adolescents, Mental Health, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Delinquency, Conceptual Tempo, Body Weight, Behavior Problems, Attention Deficit Disorders, Correlation, Prediction |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.14248 |
| ISSN: | 0009-3920 1467-8624 |
| Abstract: | Childhood adversity takes a toll on lifelong health. However, investigations of unpredictability as a form of adversity are lacking. Environmental unpredictability across multiple developmental periods and ecological levels was examined using a multiethnic, longitudinal birth cohort (1998-2000) oversampled for unmarried parents. Data were from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 4898 youth at birth; 52% male; 48% Black, 27% Hispanic, 21% White) to examine unpredictability at ages 1, 3, 5, and 9 with later adolescent outcomes. An unpredictability index was associated with age 15 outcomes (N = 3595) including depressive symptoms ([beta] = 0.11), anxiety symptoms ([beta] = 0.08), delinquency ([beta] = 0.13), impulsivity ([beta] = 0.09), heavier weight categories ([beta] = 0.09), and internalizing ([beta] = 0.14), externalizing ([beta] = 0.23), and attention problems ([beta] = 0.16). Findings support unpredictability as a unique form of adversity. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1475459 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Childhood adversity takes a toll on lifelong health. However, investigations of unpredictability as a form of adversity are lacking. Environmental unpredictability across multiple developmental periods and ecological levels was examined using a multiethnic, longitudinal birth cohort (1998-2000) oversampled for unmarried parents. Data were from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 4898 youth at birth; 52% male; 48% Black, 27% Hispanic, 21% White) to examine unpredictability at ages 1, 3, 5, and 9 with later adolescent outcomes. An unpredictability index was associated with age 15 outcomes (N = 3595) including depressive symptoms ([beta] = 0.11), anxiety symptoms ([beta] = 0.08), delinquency ([beta] = 0.13), impulsivity ([beta] = 0.09), heavier weight categories ([beta] = 0.09), and internalizing ([beta] = 0.14), externalizing ([beta] = 0.23), and attention problems ([beta] = 0.16). Findings support unpredictability as a unique form of adversity. |
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| ISSN: | 0009-3920 1467-8624 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.14248 |
