[PDF] Top 20 A Longitudinal Adoption Study of Substance Use Behavior in Adolescence

... studies, adoption designs also capitalize on the varying degrees of genetic similarity of sibling pairs to es- timate the extent of genetic and environmental influences on a given ...Thus, adoption studies ... See full document

... current study indicates that experiences of peer victimization in early adolescence may have a lasting impact, affecting mental health and substance use behaviors during mid- to late ... See full document

... for longitudinal correlation were used to estimate and test differences in means (hours per week of MVPA, television viewing, and computer use) across time, both within and across ...which behavior ... See full document

... late adolescence and peak when they enter the late adulthood period [27] ...Ethiopia, substance use is recognized as a growing problem and appears to have greater impact on the younger generation, ... See full document

... current study attempted testing a previous hypothesis and replicating previous findings in a large and longitudinal population-based in- dependent ...current study can help to understand the ... See full document

... present study is the use of a longitu- dinal design. Longitudinal studies are useful for investigat- ing the predictors of physical activity as they may capture a true aging effect (Vink et ... See full document

... Media use was assessed in the KiGGS Survey with a ques- tionnaire asking the adolescents about the daily amount of time they spend on watching TV, using a computer and playing console ... See full document

... rule-breaking behavior (for example, damaging property, cigarette/alcohol use) were the strongest predictors of cyberbullying perpetration, followed by the frequency of online communication (these ... See full document

... entary behavior (e.g. television viewing, computer use), were of limited longitudinal duration ...to adolescence or used self-report methods ...into adolescence. Capturing the ... See full document

... in behavior problems and GCSE outcomes [Table 1]) multivariable linear regression analyses were used to examine the effect of each 1- point increase in symptoms on capped GCSE points after adjusting for confounder ... See full document

... of Behavior and Social Science Research, NIH; the Office of the Director, NIH; the Office of Research on Women’s Health, NIH; the Office of Population Affairs, Department of Health and Hu- man Services (HHS); the ... See full document

... current study include child/adolescent abuse; substance use in adolescence; poor quality adolescent peer networks; adversity in the family of origin, including poor relation- ships with ... See full document

... Besides the well-studied intrapersonal predictors of NSSI (e.g., general psychological distress, previous NSSI behaviors, etc. – see review [6]), several interpersonal predictors are shown to play an important role in ... See full document

... In terms of personal attributes a series of significant longitudinal associations have been identified. Personality traits of higher extroversion and neuroticism were related to higher PIU behaviours over time ... See full document

... the use of new strategies and technologies, such as the evaluation in densified and in mixed plots and the use of genomic tools, can improve the selection gain in temperate forages, which has shown limited ... See full document

... of substance use was significantly associ- ated with psychosocial ...initiating substance use before 18 years had signifi- cantly higher problems on overall and all the domains of DUSI-R such ... See full document

... drug use disorders; only one was abstinent from alcohol and illicit drugs while the remaining eight reported occasional or regular moderate alcohol or drug ...of substance use that varied with their ... See full document

... the use of different questionnaires (Rutter-B or SDQ) earlier and later in the study, the models included a dummy variable for each measure in the fixed (mean) part of the ... See full document

... present study, taking into account DSM-IV diagnoses and emotional problems occurring prior to peer victimization hardly reduced the association between victimization and internalizing ... See full document

... To adjust associations between measures of adolescent behav- ior and childhood enuresis for the effects of sources of confound- ing, a series of covariate factors were included in the an[r] ... See full document