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Cornelius, Marie D.; Goldschmidt, Lidush; Day, Nancy L. – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Purpose: A longitudinal cohort of adolescents who initiated drinking before age 15 were studied to determine which factors distinguished between early initiators who continued to drink (persisters) from those who stopped drinking (desisters). There were 308 early initiators in the total sample (n = 917); 247 were persisters, and 61 were desisters.…
Descriptors: Drinking, Adolescents, Mothers, Depression (Psychology)
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Goldschmidt, Lidush; Richardson, Gale A.; Willford, Jennifer; Day, Nancy L. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2008
A study was conducted on lower income population women who were moderate users of marijuana to examine the effects of prenatal marijuana exposure on children's intellectual development at the age of six. Results concluded that the Cognitive deficits noticed at the age of six were specific to verbal and quantitative reasoning and short-term memory.
Descriptors: Marijuana, Intelligence Tests, Short Term Memory, Intellectual Development
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Leech, Sharon L.; Larkby, Cynthia A.; Day, Richard; Day, Nancy L. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To identify factors that predict or are correlated with symptoms of depression and anxiety in 10-year-olds. Method: Women and their offspring were followed from the fourth prenatal month through 10 years. There were 636 mother-child pairs at 10 years, a follow-up rate of 83% of the birth cohort. Cognitive, psychological,…
Descriptors: Prenatal Influences, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Injuries