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Author  |
Amato, P.R. |
| Title |
Children of divorce in the 1990s: an update of the Amato and Keith (1991) meta-analysis |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2001 |
Publication |
Journal of Family Psychology : JFP : Journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) |
Abbreviated Journal |
J Fam Psychol |
| Volume |
15 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
355-370 |
| Keywords |
Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Child; Child Psychology; Child, Preschool; Divorce--psychology; Educational Status; Female; Humans; Male; Marriage--psychology; Mental Health; Research Design; Self Concept; Sex Factors; Social Adjustment; United States--epidemiology |
| Abstract |
The present study updates the P. R. Amato and B. Keith (1991) meta-analysis of children and divorce with a new analysis of 67 studies published in the 1990s. Compared with children with continuously married parents, children with divorced parents continued to score significantly lower on measures of academic achievement, conduct, psychological adjustment, self-concept, and social relations. After controlling for study characteristics, curvilinear trends with respect to decade of publication were present for academic achievement, psychological well-being, self-concept, and social relations. For these outcomes, the gap between children with divorced and married parents decreased during the 1980s and increased again during the 1990s. |
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276 |
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Ehringer, M.A.; Rhee, S.H.; Young, S.; Corley, R.; Hewitt, J.K. |
| Title |
Genetic and environmental contributions to common psychopathologies of childhood and adolescence: a study of twins and their siblings |
Type |
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| Year |
2006 |
Publication |
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology |
Abbreviated Journal |
J Abnorm Child Psychol |
| Volume |
34 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
1-17 |
| Keywords |
Adolescent; Adolescent Psychology/methods; Adult; Biometry/methods; Child; Child Psychology/methods; Colorado/epidemiology; Female; Genetic Predisposition to Disease/*psychology; Humans; Internal-External Control; Male; Mental Disorders/epidemiology/*genetics/*psychology; Prevalence; Self Disclosure; Sex Factors; Siblings/*psychology; *Social Environment |
| Abstract |
We report findings based on analyses of self-reports of six common adolescent psychopathologies (attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, ADHD; conduct disorder, CD; oppositional defiant disorder, ODD; generalized anxiety disorder, GAD; separation anxiety disorder, SAD; and major depressive disorder, MDD) in a sample of 1,162 male and female adolescent (12-19 years) twin pairs and 426 siblings. Prevalence statistics for past year and lifetime reports confirm differences between genders for CD, GAD, SAD, and MDD, and a lack of differences between twins and their non-twin siblings. Biometrical modeling was conducted to ascertain the relative influences of genes, and shared and non-shared environments contributing to these disorders. A more robust estimate of these parameters was obtained by including non-twin siblings. Age-specific thresholds were integrated into the analyses to appropriately model the developmental patterns of behavior. We found evidence for both genetic and non-shared environmental influences for all disorders. Shared environmental influences also seem to be important for MDD and lifetime GAD. |
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98 |
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Gardner, R.M.; Stark, K.; Friedman, B.N.; Jackson, N.A. |
| Title |
Predictors of eating disorder scores in children ages 6 through 14: a longitudinal study |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2000 |
Publication |
Journal of Psychosomatic Research |
Abbreviated Journal |
J Psychosom Res |
| Volume |
49 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
199-205 |
| Keywords |
Adolescent; Adolescent Psychology; Body Constitution; *Body Image; Child; Child Psychology; Colorado; Confounding Factors (Epidemiology); Depression; Eating Disorders/*diagnosis/*psychology; Family; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Peer Group; Prognosis; Regression Analysis; Risk Factors; *Self Concept; Sex Factors; *Social Desirability |
| Abstract |
The objective of this study was to identify variables that predict higher eating disorder scores in non-clinical boys and girls ages 6 through 14. Two hundred sixteen children participated and were tested annually for 3 years. A TV-video procedure was used to measure the accuracy of body size judgments. Variables examined included demographic, familial, sociocultural, social, esteem, and clinical variables. Predictors of higher eating disorder scores for both sexes included height and weight, children's perceptions of parental concerns about their body size, low body esteem, and depression. For girls only, a larger perceived body size and smaller idealized body size were also predictors. Teasing was a predictor for boys only. An analysis of longitudinal changes suggests that low body esteem becomes a significant factor around age 9, depression emerges as a predictor at age 10, and body size judgments in perceived and ideal sizes at ages 11 and 12. Changes over 2 years in individuals' weight and height, teasing, body dissatisfaction, and eating disorder scores were also found to predict higher eating disorder scores. |
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93 |
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Wolman, R.; Taylor, K. |
| Title |
Psychological effects of custody disputes on children |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
1991 |
Publication |
Behavioral Sciences & the law |
Abbreviated Journal |
Behav Sci Law |
| Volume |
9 |
Issue |
4 |
Pages |
399-417 |
| Keywords |
Adult; Analysis of Variance; Child; *Child Custody/legislation & jurisprudence; *Child Psychology; Divorce; Family; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Massachusetts; Psychological Tests; Regression Analysis; Risk Factors |
| Abstract |
This two-group, repeated measures examination of the psychological impact of child custody contests on children reports a subset of data from an ongoing longitudinal study of 95 children and their parents from 43 divorcing families. The authors report clinical observations concerning children's experience of custody litigation, as well as comparisons of baseline and post-test responses of contested and uncontested groups on measures of locus of control, separation anxiety and family concept. Contested children exhibited significantly greater internality of control orientation than the normative sample. Contested children's test scores also suggested significantly less separation anxiety and significantly more positive family concept than the uncontested group at post-test. The implications of these unanticipated findings are discussed. |
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288 |
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