Psychosocial risk factors for pregnancy risk-taking in young women in emerging adulthood: Evidence from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health

2006 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Miller-Lewis ◽  
Tracey Wade ◽  
Christina Lee
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Psychosocial Risk Factors ◽  
Psychosocial Risk ◽  
Pregnancy Risk ◽  
Australian Longitudinal Study

Risk factors for pregnancy and childbearing in single young women: Evidence from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 292-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren R. Miller-Lewis ◽  
Tracey D. Wade ◽  
Christina Lee
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Early Pregnancy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Reproductive Behaviour ◽  
Developmental Perspective ◽  
Australian Longitudinal Study

This study investigated psychosocial predictors of early pregnancy and childbearing in single young women, consistent with the Eriksonian developmental perspective. Two mail-out surveys assessing reproductive behaviour and sociodemographic, education/competence, psychosocial well-being, and aspiration factors were completed 4 years apart by 2635 young women, aged 18 to 20 when first surveyed. Young women in the “emerging adulthood” developmental period were selected from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Longitudinally, lower investment in education over low-status paid work, experiencing unemployment, greater psychosocial distress, stress and alcohol use, and high family aspirations combined with low vocational aspirations were risk factors for early single pregnancy and childbearing. Several mediational relationships also existed between these predictor variables. It was concluded that psychosocial factors play an important role in understanding early pregnancy and childbearing in single young Australian women, and that the findings provide some support for investigating early pregnancy and childbearing from an Eriksonian developmental perspective.

High resting heart rate protects against childhood risk factors in predicting adult psychopathy

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
David P. Farrington ◽  
Henriette Bergstrøm
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Psychosocial Risk Factors ◽  
Psychosocial Risk ◽  
Resting Heart Rate ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal

Purpose Previous research has indicated that low resting heart rate (RHR), measured at age 18, predicts later psychopathy, and that high RHR acts as a protective factor in nullifying the influence of several psychosocial risk factors in predicting later antisocial and criminal outcomes. This paper aims to investigate high RHR as a protective factor against age 8–10 psychosocial risk factors in predicting psychopathy factors at age 48 (measured by the PCL:SV). Design/methodology/approach Data collected in the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development are analyzed. This is a prospective longitudinal study of 411 London males from age 8 to age 61. Findings This paper first reports the age 8–10 psychosocial risk factors that predict the interpersonal/affective Factor 1 and the lifestyle/antisocial Factor 2. Then interaction effects with high RHR are studied. The results indicate that high RHR acts as a protective factor against a convicted father and a depressed mother in predicting both psychopathy factors. It also protected against harsh discipline, large family size, low verbal IQ, high hyperactivity, poor parental supervision and a high delinquency-rate school in predicting one of these psychopathy factors, and against a convicted mother in a sensitivity analysis. Originality/value This is the first ever longitudinal study showing that high RHR acts as a protective factor in the prediction of psychopathy. The replicated results with different antisocial outcomes show that more research is warranted on the protective effects of high RHR.

Cancer Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Sexual Identity in the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 509-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhonda Brown ◽  
Ruth McNair ◽  
Laura Szalacha ◽  
Patricia M. Livingston ◽  
Tonda Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Cancer Risk Factors ◽  
Australian Longitudinal Study

scholarly journals Calculation of Haem Iron Intake and Its Role in the Development of Iron Deficiency in Young Women from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health

Nutrients ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Reeves ◽  
Mark McEvoy ◽  
Lesley MacDonald-Wicks ◽  
Daniel Barker ◽  
John Attia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Iron Intake ◽  
Australian Longitudinal Study ◽  
Haem Iron

scholarly journals Trends in Women's Risk Factors and Chronic Conditions: Findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 423-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayne Lucke ◽  
Bree Waters ◽  
Richard Hockey ◽  
Melanie Spallek ◽  
Richard Gibson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Australian Longitudinal Study ◽  
Index Level

Chronic diseases present a growing challenge to women's health. This paper presents data from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health to show prevalence and incidence among three cohorts of women of six chronic conditions: hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, asthma, osteoporosis and arthritis. It also examines the role of five important risk factors (body mass index, level of physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption and level of education) on these chronic conditions. The most striking finding is that being overweight or obese is the most important risk factor for chronic disease for women in all three age groups.

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