Development under Adverse Circumstances as a Risk for Psychopathology

Stack, Dale M.; Serbin, Lisa A.; Matte‐Gagné, Célia; Kingdon, Danielle; Doiron, Kelly; Schwartzman, Alex E.

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“…Participants were recruited from a large, ongoing, longitudinal study of Canadian families from disadvantaged backgrounds (Concordia Longitudinal Research Project; see Schwartzman et al (1985) for original reporting on this sample; see also Stack et al, 2017). The original sample of participants were Frenchspeaking students in Grades 1, 4, and 7 recruited from lower income neighborhoods in a large city in Canada in 1976-78.…”

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Associations between early poverty exposure and adolescent well-being: The role of childhood negative emotionality

France

Stack²,

Serbin³

2022

Dev Psychopathol

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Using a longitudinal design (Wave 1 n = 164, Mage = 3.57 years, 54% female, predominantly White and French-speaking), the current study sought to answer two questions: 1) does poverty influence children’s negative emotionality through heightened family-level, poverty-related stress? and 2) is negative emotionality, in turn, predictive of adolescent internalizing symptoms, externalizing behaviors, cognitive abilities, and physical health? Results confirmed an indirect pathway from family poverty to child emotionality through poverty-related stress. In addition, negative emotionality was associated with adolescent internalizing symptoms, attention difficulties, and physical health, but not externalizing symptoms, even when controlling for early poverty exposure.

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Associations between early poverty exposure and adolescent well-being: The role of childhood negative emotionality

France

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Serbin³

2022

Dev Psychopathol

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“…The Concordia Longitudinal Risk Project (Ledingham, 1981; Schwartzman, Ledingham, & Serbin, 1985; Stack et al, 2017), initiated in the inner-city neighborhoods of Montréal, Québec, in 1976, provides a valuable opportunity to examine how lifespan changes in socioecological disadvantage contribute to the development of psychiatric disorders for children with varying social characteristics. There were major social changes in Québec in the latter half of the 20th century, including compulsory schooling to age 16, universal health care, income-protected family leave, and other changes (Dickenson & Young, 2008).…”

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Predicting psychosis-spectrum diagnoses in adulthood from social behaviors and neighborhood contexts in childhood

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Research showing that risk for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder with psychosis, and other psychosis-spectrum diagnoses in adulthood is multidetermined has underscored the necessity of studying the additive and interactive factors in childhood that precede and predict future disorders. In this study, risk for the development of psychosis-spectrum disorders was examined in a 2-generation, 30-year prospective longitudinal study of 3,905 urban families against a sociocultural backdrop of changing economic and social conditions. Peer nominations of aggression, withdrawal, and likeability and national census information on neighborhood-level socioeconomic disadvantage in childhood, as well as changes in neighborhood socioeconomic conditions over the lifespan, were examined as predictors of diagnoses of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other psychosis-spectrum disorders in adulthood relative to developing only nonpsychotic disorders or no psychiatric disorders. Individuals who were both highly aggressive and highly withdrawn were at greater risk for other psychosis-spectrum diagnoses when they experienced greater neighborhood disadvantage in childhood or worsening neighborhood conditions over maturation. Males who were highly aggressive but low on withdrawal were at greater risk for schizophrenia diagnoses. Childhood neighborhood disadvantage predicted both schizophrenia and bipolar diagnoses, regardless of childhood social behavior. Results provided strong support for multiple-domain models of psychopathology, and suggest that universal preventive interventions and social policies aimed at improving neighborhood conditions may be particularly important for decreasing the prevalence of psychosis-spectrum diagnoses in the future.

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“…The Concordia Longitudinal Research Project (Hastings et al, 2019; Schwartzman et al, 1985; Stack et al, 2017) is an ongoing longitudinal study that began in 1976. The original sample consisted of 4,109 children, 49% men.…”

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Beyond educational attainment: The role of achievement and school absence in the development of criminal justice involvement.

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Serbin²,

Stack³

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Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des

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Recent studies suggest that educational attainment may be protective against the development of adult criminality, particularly for children who are aggressive. Children with strong academic skills would also be less likely to commit criminal offenses, which might be due to the relation between achievement and education. Additionally, other risks (e.g., absences) may impact educational attainment. The current study examined the role of academic achievement and school absences in the developmental trajectory from childhood behavior and disadvantaged environments to adult criminal offending. This study included 1,050 participants (52% women) from the Concordia Longitudinal Research Project in Montréal, Quebec. We found that academic achievement and absences were important contributors to educational attainment. The relations between childhood factors (e.g., aggression, likeability, withdrawal, and neighborhood disadvantage) and criminal justice involvement were mediated by achievement, absences, and education. The specific paths from achievement and absences to criminal charges differed for men and women, whereby men with high absences or low achievement scores, were at the highest risk. Implications for early preventive intervention focused on educational attainment are discussed. Public Significance StatementIt is well known that education reduces the likelihood of criminal justice involvement later in life, but less is understood why this is the case. This study supports the role of academic abilities and attendance on educational attainment in the trajectory to criminal justice involvement. Higher achievement and lower absences are especially protective for men at risk of having criminal charges.

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Development under Adverse Circumstances as a Risk for Psychopathology

Cited by 6 publications

References 75 publications

Associations between early poverty exposure and adolescent well-being: The role of childhood negative emotionality

Associations between early poverty exposure and adolescent well-being: The role of childhood negative emotionality

Predicting psychosis-spectrum diagnoses in adulthood from social behaviors and neighborhood contexts in childhood

Beyond educational attainment: The role of achievement and school absence in the development of criminal justice involvement.

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