scholarly journals Prenatal substance exposure and maternal hostility from pregnancy to toddlerhood: Associations with temperament profiles at 16 months of age

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Brendan D. Ostlund ◽  
Koraly E. Pérez-Edgar ◽  
Shannon Shisler ◽  
Sarah Terrell ◽  
Stephanie Godleski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Late Pregnancy ◽  
Prenatal Substance Exposure ◽  
Substance Exposure ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Maternal Hostility

Abstract We investigated whether infant temperament was predicted by level of and change in maternal hostility, a putative transdiagnostic vulnerability for psychopathology, substance use, and insensitive parenting. A sample of women (N = 247) who were primarily young, low-income, and had varying levels of substance use prenatally (69 nonsmokers, 81 tobacco-only smokers, and 97 tobacco and marijuana smokers) reported their hostility in the third trimester of pregnancy and at 2, 9, and 16 months postpartum, and their toddler's temperament and behavior problems at 16 months. Maternal hostility decreased from late pregnancy to 16 months postpartum. Relative to pregnant women who did not use substances, women who used both marijuana and tobacco prenatally reported higher levels of hostility while pregnant and exhibited less change in hostility over time. Toddlers who were exposed to higher levels of prenatal maternal hostility were more likely to be classified in temperament profiles that resemble either irritability or inhibition, identified via latent profile analysis. These two profiles were each associated with more behavior problems concurrently, though differed in their association with competence. Our results underscore the utility of transdiagnostic vulnerabilities in understanding the intergenerational transmission of psychopathology risk and are discussed in regards to the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework.

scholarly journals Silver Linings and Storm Clouds: Divergent Profiles of Student Momentary Engagement Emerge in Response to the Same Task

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Elisabeth Symonds ◽  
James B. Schreiber ◽  
Benjamin M. Torsney
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Systematic Observation ◽  
Adolescent Students ◽  
English Grammar ◽  
Minute Period ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Academic Self Efficacy

Previous research has demonstrated that student motivation and engagement can take different forms across a variety of tasks at school or college. However, no research has yet examined the forms of student momentary engagement that emerge in response to a single task. Adolescent students (N = 196) from two low-income secondary schools in Dublin, Ireland, were given the same English grammar task to complete in a ten-minute period. We used systematic observation and post-task self-report measures to collect data on momentary cognition, emotion, motivation, and behavior. Using Latent Profile Analysis, we discovered seven main forms of momentary (dis)engagement: fully engaged, attentive but amotivated, attentive but disinterested, attentive but disaffected, distracted but motivated, disengaged, and deeply disengaged. Gender, ethnicity, academic self-efficacy, peer support and classmate cognitive engagement were notable predictors of group membership. The results should be useful to educators wanting to understand why students in their classrooms have a variety of responses to the same task.

Effects of prenatal substance exposure on infant temperament vary by context

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin L. Locke ◽  
Linda L. Lagasse ◽  
Ronald Seifer ◽  
Barry M. Lester ◽  
Seetha Shankaran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Infant Temperament ◽  
Infant Behavior ◽  
Cocaine Exposure ◽  
Prenatal Substance Exposure ◽  
Substance Exposure ◽  
Negative Reactivity ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal

AbstractThis was a prospective longitudinal multisite study of the effects of prenatal cocaine and/or opiate exposure on temperament in 4-month-olds of the Maternal Lifestyle Study (N= 958: 366 cocaine exposed, 37 opiate exposed, 33 exposed to both drugs, 522 matched comparison). The study evaluated positivity and negativity during The Behavior Assessment of Infant Temperament (Garcia Coll et al., 1988). Parents rated temperament (Infant Behavior Questionnaire; Rothbart, 1981). Cocaine-exposed infants showed less positivity overall, mainly during activity and threshold items, more negativity during sociability items, and less negativity during irritability and threshold items. Latent profile analysis indicated individual temperament patterns were best described by three groups:low/moderate overall reactivity, high social negative reactivity,andhigh nonsocial negative reactivity. Infants with heavy cocaine exposure were more likely in high social negative reactivity profile, were less negative during threshold items, and required longer soothing intervention. Cocaine- and opiate-exposed infants scored lower on Infant Behavior Questionnaire smiling and laughter and duration of orienting scales. Opiate-exposed infants were rated as less respondent to soothing. By including a multitask measure of temperament we were able to show context-specific behavioral dysregulation in prenatally cocaine-exposed infants. The findings indicate flatter temperament may be specific to nonsocial contexts, whereas social interactions may be more distressing for cocaine-exposed infants.

scholarly journals Social and Environmental Neighborhood Typologies and Lung Function in a Low-Income, Urban Population

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 1133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie Humphrey ◽  
Megan Lindstrom ◽  
Kelsey Barton ◽  
Prateek Shrestha ◽  
Elizabeth Carlton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Function ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Respiratory Health ◽  
Property Crime ◽  
Environmental Hazards ◽  
Ethnic Composition ◽  
Front Range

Consensus is growing on the need to investigate the joint impact of neighborhood-level social factors and environmental hazards on respiratory health. This study used latent profile analysis (LPA) to empirically identify distinct neighborhood subtypes according to a clustering of social factors and environmental hazards, and to examine whether those subtypes are associated with lung function. The study included 182 low-income participants who were enrolled in the Colorado Home Energy Efficiency and Respiratory Health (CHEER) study during the years 2015–2017. Distinct neighborhood typologies were identified based on analyses of 632 census tracts in the Denver-Metro and Front Range area of Colorado; neighborhood characteristics used to identify typologies included green space, traffic-related air pollution, violent and property crime, racial/ethnic composition, and socioeconomic status (SES). Generalized estimating equations were used to examine the association between neighborhood typology and lung function. We found four distinct neighborhood typologies and provide evidence that these social and environmental aspects of neighborhoods cluster along lines of advantage/disadvantage. We provide suggestive evidence of a double jeopardy situation where low-income populations living in disadvantaged neighborhoods may have decreased lung function. Using LPA with social and environmental characteristics may help to identify meaningful neighborhood subtypes and inform research on the mechanisms by which neighborhoods influence health.

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