ERIC Number: EJ966068
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Jun
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1050-8392
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Effects of Timing of Adversity on Adolescent and Young Adult Adjustment
Kiff, Cara J.; Cortes, Rebecca C.; Lengua, Liliana J.; Kosterman, Rick; Hawkins, J. David; Mason, W. Alex
Journal of Research on Adolescence, v22 n2 p284-300 Jun 2012
Exposure to adversity during childhood and adolescence predicts adjustment across development. Furthermore, adolescent adjustment problems persist into young adulthood. This study examined relations of contextual adversity with concurrent adolescent adjustment and prospective mental health and health outcomes in young adulthood. A longitudinal sample (N = 808) was followed from age 10 through 27. Perceptions of neighborhood in childhood predicted depression, alcohol use disorders, and HIV risk in young adulthood. Further, the timing of adversity was important in determining the type of problem experienced in adulthood. Youth adjustment predicted adult outcomes, and in some cases mediated the relation between adversity and outcomes. These findings support the importance of adversity in predicting adjustment and elucidate factors that affect outcomes into young adulthood. (Contains 6 tables and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Drinking, Young Adults, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Risk, Alcohol Abuse, Adjustment (to Environment), Prediction, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Neighborhoods, Mental Health, Longitudinal Studies, Measures (Individuals), One Parent Family, Low Income, Early Parenthood, Developmental Stages, Disadvantaged, Antisocial Behavior
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Child Behavior Checklist
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