TY - JOUR
T1 - The Role of Early Intervention for Adolescent Mental Health and Polydrug Use
T2 - Cascading Mediation Through Childhood Growth in the General Psychopathology (p) Factor
AU - Tein, Jenn Yun
AU - Wang, Frances L.
AU - Oro, Veronica
AU - Kim, Hanjoe
AU - Shaw, Daniel
AU - Wilson, Melvin
AU - Lemery-Chalfant, Kathryn
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 American Psychological Association
PY - 2023/5/18
Y1 - 2023/5/18
N2 - This study is a secondary data analysis that extends knowledge about the effects of the early childhood Family Check-Up (FCU) intervention to trajectories of general psychopathology problems (p factor) across early and middle childhood, and effects on adolescent psychopathology and polydrug use. The Early Steps Multisite study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT00538252) is a randomized controlled trial of the FCU and consists of a large, racially and ethnically diverse sample of children who grew up in low-income households in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Eugene, Oregon; and Charlottesville, Virginia (n= 731; 49% female; 27.6% African American, 46.7% European American, 13.3% Hispanic/Latinx). To represent a comorbid presentation of internalizing and externalizing problems, we fit a bifactor model that included a general psychopathology (p) factor at eight ages in early childhood (ages 2–4), middle childhood (ages 7.5–10.5), and adolescence (age 14). Latent growth curve modeling was conducted to examine trajectories of the p factor across ages within the developmental periods of early and middle childhood. The effects of FCU on the reductions in growth in the childhood p factor had cascading effects on adolescent p factor (i.e., withindomain effect) and polydrug use (i.e., across-domain effect). Findings underscore the utility of the early FCU in preventing a host of maladaptive adolescent outcomes across diverse settings and populations.
AB - This study is a secondary data analysis that extends knowledge about the effects of the early childhood Family Check-Up (FCU) intervention to trajectories of general psychopathology problems (p factor) across early and middle childhood, and effects on adolescent psychopathology and polydrug use. The Early Steps Multisite study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT00538252) is a randomized controlled trial of the FCU and consists of a large, racially and ethnically diverse sample of children who grew up in low-income households in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Eugene, Oregon; and Charlottesville, Virginia (n= 731; 49% female; 27.6% African American, 46.7% European American, 13.3% Hispanic/Latinx). To represent a comorbid presentation of internalizing and externalizing problems, we fit a bifactor model that included a general psychopathology (p) factor at eight ages in early childhood (ages 2–4), middle childhood (ages 7.5–10.5), and adolescence (age 14). Latent growth curve modeling was conducted to examine trajectories of the p factor across ages within the developmental periods of early and middle childhood. The effects of FCU on the reductions in growth in the childhood p factor had cascading effects on adolescent p factor (i.e., withindomain effect) and polydrug use (i.e., across-domain effect). Findings underscore the utility of the early FCU in preventing a host of maladaptive adolescent outcomes across diverse settings and populations.
KW - adolescence
KW - bifactor model
KW - co-occurring internalizing and externalizing problems
KW - intervention
KW - polydrug use
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U2 - 10.1037/dev0001543
DO - 10.1037/dev0001543
M3 - Article
C2 - 37199932
AN - SCOPUS:85165546429
SN - 0012-1649
VL - 59
SP - 1484
EP - 1495
JO - Developmental psychology
JF - Developmental psychology
IS - 8
ER -