scholarly journals The Dysregulation Profile Predicts Cannabis Use in the Offspring of Teenage Mothers

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natacha M. De Genna ◽  
Cynthia Larkby ◽  
Marie D. Cornelius
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Pubertal Timing ◽  
Attention Problems ◽  
Teenage Mothers ◽  
Cannabis Use ◽  
Teenage Girls ◽  
Dysregulation Profile ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
Early Drug

Background. Offspring of teenage mothers are at greater risk of early drug use. Research has identified a child behavior checklist (CBCL) profile for children with high levels of comorbid behavior problems, the dysregulation profile (DP), as another risk factor for drug use. Method. Teenage girls (12–18 years old; 71% African-American, 29% White) were recruited during pregnancy. Data were collected during pregnancy and when offspring were 6, 10, and 14 years old (). Mothers completed the CBCL when children were at ages 6 and 10, and children who scored 60 or higher on all 3 DP subscales (aggression, anxiety/depression, and attention problems) were categorized as dysregulated. At ages 10 and 14, the offspring (50% male, 50% female) reported on their cannabis use and completed the childhood depression inventory (CDI). Results. DP at age 6 and depressive symptoms at age 14 predicted recent cannabis use in the offspring. There was a significant interaction between race and pubertal timing such that White offspring who matured earlier were at greater risk of recent cannabis use. Conclusions. The results of this study suggest that it may be possible to identify a subset of children at risk of dual diagnosis as early as age 6.

A Familial Risk Analysis of Emotional Dysregulation: A Controlled Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 848-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Biederman ◽  
James Chan ◽  
Stephen V. Faraone ◽  
K. Yvonne Woodworth ◽  
Thomas J. Spencer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Behavior ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Familial Risk ◽  
Attention Problems ◽  
Emotional Dysregulation ◽  
Adverse Outcomes ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Dysregulation Profile

Objective: Children with deficits in emotional regulation operationalized by scores on the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) Attention Problems, Aggressive Behavior, and Anxious-Depressed subscales are more likely than others to manifest adverse outcomes. However, the transmission of this profile has not been well studied. The main aim of this study was to investigate the familiality of this profile. Method: Participants were youth probands with bipolar I (BP-I) disorder ( N = 140), ADHD ( N = 83), and controls ( N = 117) and their siblings. Based on the CBCL emotional dysregulation profile, we classified children with severe emotional dysregulation (aggregate cut-off score ≥210) and emotional dysregulation (aggregate cut-off score ≥ 180 and <210). Results: Emotional dysregulation profile scores correlated positively between probands and siblings. Conclusion: Youth with emotional dysregulation are at increased risk to have siblings with similar deficits, suggesting that emotional dysregulation runs in families.

Normative development of the Child Behavior Checklist Dysregulation Profile from early childhood to adolescence: Associations with personality pathology

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 437-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marike H. F. Deutz ◽  
Helen G. M. Vossen ◽  
Amaranta D. De Haan ◽  
Maja Deković ◽  
Anneloes L. Van Baar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Child Behavior ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Late Adolescence ◽  
Attention Problems ◽  
Rate Of Change ◽  
Personality Pathology ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Dysregulation Profile ◽  
Developmental Course

AbstractThe Dysregulation Profile (DP) is a broad indicator of concurrent affective, behavioral, and cognitive dysregulation, often measured with the anxious/depressed, aggressive behavior, and attention problems syndrome scales of the Child Behavior Checklist. Despite an expanding body of research on the DP, knowledge of the normative developmental course of the DP from early childhood to adolescence is lacking. Furthermore, although we know that the DP longitudinally predicts personality pathology, no research yet has examined whether next to the DP in early childhood, the rate of change of the DP across development predicts personality pathology. Therefore, using cohort-sequential latent growth modeling in a population-based sample (N = 668), we examined the normative developmental course of mother-reported DP from ages 4 to 17 years and its associations with a wide range of adolescent-reported personality pathology dimensions 3 years later. The results showed that the DP follows a nonlinear developmental course with a peak in early adolescence. The initial level of the DP at age 4 and, to a lesser extent, the rate of change in the DP predicted a range of personality pathology dimensions in late adolescence. The findings suggest that the DP is a broad developmental precursor of personality pathology in late adolescence.

Cannabis use in Switzerland: The role of attribution of drug use to friends, urbanization and repression 1The study was supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (Bundesamt für Gesundheit BAG) Grant 316.96.5980.

2001 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger Schmid
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Hierarchical Linear Model ◽  
Cannabis Use ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Structural Variables ◽  
Hbsc Study ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Individual Use

Cannabis use does not show homogeneous patterns in a country. In particular, urbanization appears to influence prevalence rates, with higher rates in urban areas. A hierarchical linear model (HLM) was employed to analyze these structural influences on individuals in Switzerland. Data for this analysis were taken from the Switzerland survey of Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC) Study, the most recent survey to assess drug use in a nationally representative sample of 3473 15-year-olds. A total of 1487 male and 1620 female students indicated their cannabis use and their attributions of drug use to friends. As second level variables we included address density in the 26 Swiss Cantons as an indicator of urbanization and officially recorded offences of cannabis use in the Cantons as an indicator of repressive policy. Attribution of drug use to friends is highly correlated with cannabis use. The correlation is even more pronounced in urban Cantons. However, no association between recorded offences and cannabis use was found. The results suggest that structural variables influence individuals. Living in an urban area effects the attribution of drug use to friends. On the other hand repressive policy does not affect individual use.

scholarly journals The Child Behavior Checklist Together with the ADHD Rating Scale Can Diagnose ADHD in Korean Community-Based Samples

2005 ◽  
Vol 50 (12) ◽  
pp. 802-805 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Won Kim ◽  
Ki-Hong Park ◽  
Keun-Ah Cheon ◽  
Boong-Nyun Kim ◽  
Soo-Churl Cho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Predictive Value ◽  
Child Behavior ◽  
Predictive Value ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Attention Problems ◽  
School Students ◽  
Case Definitions ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Clinical Method

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the clinical validities and efficiencies of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the ADHD Rating Scale-IV (ARS) in identifying children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in Korean community-based samples. Method: A large sample of elementary school students ( n = 1668) participated in this study. We used the CBCL and the ARS as the screening instruments. Diagnoses were determined by clinical psychiatric interviews and confirmed by DSM-IV–based structured interviews. Results: Of the 46 subjects who underwent clinical psychiatric interviews, 33 were diagnosed as having ADHD. A T score of 60 with regard to the Attention Problems profile of the CBCL resulted in a reasonable level of sensitivity or positive predictive value in the diagnosis of ADHD. In both the parent and teacher reports of the ARS, 90th percentile cut-off points resulted in a high level of predictive value. The highest levels of specificity and positive predictive value were obtained when we combined the CBCL ( T ≥ 60 in Attention Problems) and the ARS (parent–teacher total ≥ 90th percentile) reports. Conclusions: These findings suggest that the combined use of the CBCL and the ARS could serve as a rapid and useful clinical method of predicting or even diagnosing children with ADHD in epidemiologic case definitions.

scholarly journals Sporting activity and drug use: alcohol, cigarette and cannabis use among elite student athletes

Addiction ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 98 (9) ◽  
pp. 1249-1256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Peretti-Watel ◽  
Valérie Guagliardo ◽  
Pierre Verger ◽  
Jacques Pruvost ◽  
Patrick Mignon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Cannabis Use ◽  
Sporting Activity

Genetic and environmental influences on teacher ratings of the Child Behavior Checklist

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary Towers ◽  
Erica Spotts ◽  
Jenae M. Neiderhiser ◽  
Robert Plomin ◽  
E. Mavis Hetherington ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Behavior ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Genetic Factors ◽  
Environmental Influences ◽  
Teacher Ratings ◽  
Attention Problems ◽  
Shared Environment ◽  
Sibling Pairs ◽  
Self Reports

The knowledge we have of childhood and adolescent behaviour is, to some extent, a function of the unique perspective of the rater. Although many behavioural genetics studies have used parent and child self-reports in their assessments of child and adolescent adjustment, few have included teacher ratings of behaviour. It is possible that genetic and environmental contributions to teacher reports are different from those using parent and self-reports. The present study examined genetic and environmental influences on six subscales of the Child Behavior Checklist Teacher Report Form (CBC-TRF) using a normative sample of adolescents. The sample consisted of 373 same-sex twin and sibling pairs of varying degrees of genetic relatedness participating in the Nonshared Environment in Adolescent project (NEAD). For all of the CBC subscales, except attention problems and social problems, nonshared environmental influence was the most important source of variance. Additive genetic factors were of moderate importance for externalising behaviours, whereas nonadditive genetic factors contributed to the anxious/depressed, attention problems, withdrawn, and social problems subscales. For none of the constructs was shared environment a significant influence. Three alternative models testing for contrast effects, differences in twin and nontwin siblings, and differences in nondivorced and stepfamilies were examined. In most cases, the best-fitting model was a model that did not include any of these effects, suggesting that these factors do not critically affect the basic model. However, some of the patterns of correlations and parameter estimates were unusual and may warrant future investigation.

scholarly journals Age at onset of non-affective psychosis in relation to cannabis use, other drug use and gender

2012 ◽  
Vol 42 (9) ◽  
pp. 1903-1911 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Dekker ◽  
J. Meijer ◽  
M. Koeter ◽  
W. van den Brink ◽  
N. van Beveren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Psychotic Disorder ◽  
Age At Onset ◽  
Cannabis Use ◽  
Psychotic Illness ◽  
Affective Psychosis ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Independent Effects

BackgroundCannabis use is associated with an earlier age at onset of psychotic illness. The aim of the present study was to examine whether this association is confounded by gender or other substance use in a large cohort of patients with a non-affective psychotic disorder.MethodIn 785 patients with a non-affective psychotic disorder, regression analysis was used to investigate the independent effects of gender, cannabis use and other drug use on age at onset of first psychosis.ResultsAge at onset was 1.8 years earlier in cannabis users compared to non-users, controlling for gender and other possible confounders. Use of other drugs did not have an additional effect on age at onset when cannabis use was taken into account. In 63.5% of cannabis-using patients, age at most intense cannabis use preceded the age at onset of first psychosis. In males, the mean age at onset was 1.3 years lower than in females, controlling for cannabis use and other confounders.ConclusionsCannabis use and gender are independently associated with an earlier onset of psychotic illness. Our findings also suggest that cannabis use may precipitate psychosis. More research is needed to clarify the neurobiological factors that make people vulnerable to this precipitating effect of cannabis.

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