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Pham, Cindy; Symeonides, Christos; O'Hely, Martin; Sly, Peter D.; Knibbs, Luke D.; Thomson, Sarah; Vuillermin, Peter; Saffery, Richard; Ponsonby, Anne-Louise – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Mounting evidence finds that early life environmental factors increased the probability of autism spectrum disorder. We estimated prospective associations between early life environmental factors and autism spectrum disorder symptoms in children at the age of 2 years in a population-derived birth cohort, the Barwon Infant Study. Autism spectrum…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Preschool Children, Toddlers
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Eiden, Rina D.; Lessard, Jared; Colder, Craig R.; Livingston, Jennifer; Casey, Meghan; Leonard, Kenneth E. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
A developmental cascade model for adolescent substance use beginning in infancy was examined in a sample of children with alcoholic and nonalcoholic parents. The model examined the role of parents' alcohol diagnoses, depression and antisocial behavior in a cascading process of risk via 3 major hypothesized pathways: first, via parental…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Developmental Stages, Child Development, Adolescent Development
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Cortes, Rebecca C.; Fleming, Charles B.; Mason, W. Alex; Catalano, Richard F. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2009
Maternal depression has been implicated in the development of adolescent substance use. Conceptualizing depression as a continuum, the aims of this study are to (a) understand the relationship between maternal depressed mood and risk factors associated with adolescent substance use; (b) understand the relationship between maternal depressed mood…
Descriptors: Mothers, Marijuana, At Risk Persons, Adolescents
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Robinson, Monique; Oddy, Wendy H.; Li, Jianghong; Kendall, Garth E.; de Klerk, Nicholas H.; Silburn, Sven R.; Zubrick, Stephen R.; Newnham, John P.; Stanley, Fiona J.; Mattes, Eugen – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2008
Background: Methodological challenges such as confounding have made the study of the early determinants of mental health morbidity problematic. This study aims to address these challenges in investigating antenatal, perinatal and postnatal risk factors for the development of mental health problems in pre-school children in a cohort of Western…
Descriptors: Smoking, Mental Health, Pregnancy, At Risk Persons