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Cortisol Reactivity to Social Stress as a Mediator of Early Adversity on Risk and Adaptive Outcomes
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Conradt, Elisabeth; Abar, Beau; Lester, Barry M.; LaGasse, Linda L.; Shankaran, Seetha; Bada, Henrietta; Bauer, Charles R.; Whitaker, Toni M.; Hammond, Jane A. – Child Development, 2014
Children chronically exposed to stress early in life are at increased risk for maladaptive outcomes, though the physiological mechanisms driving these effects are unknown. Cortisol reactivity was tested as a mediator of the relation between prenatal substance exposure and/or early adversity on adaptive and maladaptive outcomes. Data were drawn…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Stress Variables, Physiology, Metabolism
The Timing of Middle-Childhood Peer Rejection and Friendship: Linking Early Behavior to Early-Adolescent Adjustment
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Pedersen, Sara; Vitaro, Frank; Barker, Edward D.; Borge, Anne I. H. – Child Development, 2007
This study used a sample of 551 children surveyed yearly from ages 6 to 13 to examine the longitudinal associations among early behavior, middle-childhood peer rejection and friendedness, and early-adolescent depressive symptoms, loneliness, and delinquency. The study tested a sequential mediation hypothesis in which (a) behavior problems in the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Rejection (Psychology), Depression (Psychology), Delinquency
The Development of Social Cognitive Processes among Juvenile Delinquents and Nondelinquent Peers.
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Hains, Anthony A.; Ryan, Ellen B. – Child Development, 1983
Investigates, among delinquent and nondelinquent subjects ages 10 to 11 and 14 to 15 years, differences exhibited on moral reasoning tasks, social problem solving/metacognition, effects of clues on performance on a social problem-solving task, effects of age, and the interaction of age and delinquency. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Parental Psychological Control: Revisiting a Neglected Construct.
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Barber, Brian K. – Child Development, 1996
Argues for focusing on parental psychological control of children in socialization studies. Describes three studies that tested the measurement of psychological control and its associations with adolescent behavior problems; results showed that parental psychological control is consistently predictive of youth internalized problems (depression)…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Delinquency, Depression (Psychology)
Preadolescent Peer Status, Aggression, and School Adjustment as Predictors of Externalizing Problems in Adolescence.
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Kupersmidt, Janis B.; Coie, John D. – Child Development, 1990
Considered (1) the relation between peer socioeconomic status and specific negative outcomes; (2) the possibility that sociometric status serves as a marker variable for negative outcomes; (3) the possibility that rejected children experience more types of problems during adolescence than other children; and (4) which of six predictor variables…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Aggression, Delinquency
The Onset and Cross-Temporal Patterning of Sexual Intercourse in Middle Adolescence: Prospective Relations with Behavioral and Emotional Problems.
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Tubman, Jonathan G.; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Examined precursors and correlates of sexual intercourse patterns among 10th- and 11th-graders. The transition to onset of sexual intercourse was associated with increases in delinquency and slower increases in school grades. Earlier onset and a more persistent pattern of sexual intercourse were associated with more childhood problem behaviors,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Antisocial Behavior
The Influence of Neighborhood Disadvantage, Collective Socialization, and Parenting on African American Children's Affiliation with Deviant Peers.
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Brody, Gene H.; Ge, Xiaojia; Conger, Rand; Gibbons, Frederick X.; Murry, Velma McBride; Gerrard, Meg; Simons, Ronald L. – Child Development, 2001
Used a hierarchical linear model to examine contributions of neighborhood disadvantage, collective socialization, and parenting to African American 10- to 12-year-olds' affiliation with deviant peers. Found that community disadvantage had a significant positive effect on deviant peer affiliations. Nurturant/involved parenting and collective…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Black Youth, Community Characteristics, Delinquency