The Role of Early Intervention for Adolescent Mental Health and Polydrug Use: Cascading Mediation through Childhood Growth in the General Psychopathology (p) Factor

Autor/inn/en	Tein, Jenn-Yun; Wang, Frances L.; Oro, Veronica; Kim, Hanjoe; Shaw, Daniel; Wilson, Melvin; Lemery-Chalfant, Kathryn
Titel	The Role of Early Intervention for Adolescent Mental Health and Polydrug Use: Cascading Mediation through Childhood Growth in the General Psychopathology (p) Factor
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 59 (2023) 8, S.1484-1495 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Tein, Jenn-Yun)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0001543
Schlagwörter	Young Children; Adolescents; Psychopathology; Drug Use; Behavior Problems; Child Development; Program Effectiveness; Prevention; At Risk Persons; Early Intervention; Mental Health; Child Behavior; Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh); Oregon; Virginia; Child Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Psychopathologie; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Kindesentwicklung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Risikogruppe; Psychohygiene
Abstract	This study is a secondary data analysis that extends knowledge about the effects of the early childhood Family Check-Up (FCU) intervention to trajectories of general psychopathology problems (p factor) across early and middle childhood, and effects on adolescent psychopathology and polydrug use. The Early Steps Multisite study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT00538252) is a randomized controlled trial of the FCU and consists of a large, racially and ethnically diverse sample of children who grew up in low-income households in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Eugene, Oregon; and Charlottesville, Virginia (n = 731; 49% female; 27.6% African American, 46.7% European American, 13.3% Hispanic/Latinx). To represent a comorbid presentation of internalizing and externalizing problems, we fit a bifactor model that included a general psychopathology (p) factor at eight ages in early childhood (ages 2-4), middle childhood (ages 7.5-10.5), and adolescence (age 14). Latent growth curve modeling was conducted to examine trajectories of the p factor across ages within the developmental periods of early and middle childhood. The effects of FCU on the reductions in growth in the childhood p factor had cascading effects on adolescent p factor (i.e., within-domain effect) and polydrug use (i.e., across-domain effect). Findings underscore the utility of the early FCU in preventing a host of maladaptive adolescent outcomes across diverse settings and populations. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01