Pathways to Health from Adolescence through Young Adulthood

项目摘要/摘要 几项重要的研究有助于我们理解这些因素和机制 青春期和成年初期的经历、行为和特征预示着成为 做称职的父母，养育健康、亲社会的孩子。我们建议在这项工作的基础上，利用一个大型、 纵向干预研究(PROSPER)：(目标1)评估连接关键因素的发展模式 青少年对成年初期三个关键因素的风险和保护因素(关系能力， 精神健康和包括药物使用在内的危险行为)。这些新出现的成人因素，以年龄衡量 19-22岁，又被假设为预测早期儿童养育环境的质量，在年龄上进行测量 24-28。最后，我们将跟踪这些路径，以估计以下因素的独特、相对和综合影响 在儿童适应的关键领域，这些从青春期到青壮年的路径。(目标2)评估，与 在AIM 1中开发的模型，以前是否显示出对青少年家庭的干预效果 其中的关系、同伴网络动态和危险行为(物质使用和行为问题) 家庭形成期样本对儿童养育环境和早期儿童的影响 调整。 为达致这些目标，我们会在三年内对350名年青父母进行家访(及 他们的家庭)，我们从六年级开始跟踪他们，进行了一项关于繁荣的随机试验。这样做的结果 该项目将深入了解青春期和新出现的成年期因素，这些因素可以有针对性地改善 儿童养育环境，以及关于以青少年为重点的儿童贡献的新信息 物质使用预防对下一代的适应和健康。

Project Summary/Abstract Several important studies have contributed to our understanding of the factors and mechanisms by which experiences, behaviors, and traits in adolescence and emerging adulthood forecast the capacity to be a competent parent and raise a healthy, prosocial child. We propose to build on this work by leveraging a large, longitudinal intervention study (PROSPER) to: (AIM 1) Assess a developmental model that links key adolescent risk and protective factors to three critical factors in emerging adulthood (relationship competence, mental health, and risky behavior including substance use). These emerging adult factors, measured at ages 19–22, are in turn hypothesized to predict the quality of the early childrearing environment, measured at ages 24–28. Finally, we trace these pathways forward to estimate the unique, relative, and combined influences of these adolescent-to-young-adulthood pathways on key domains of child adjustment. (AIM 2) Evaluate, with the model developed in AIM 1, whether previously demonstrated intervention effects on adolescents’ family relationships, peer network dynamics, and risky behaviors (substance use and conduct problems) in this sample lead to impact during the family formation period on the childrearing environment and early childhood adjustment. To pursue these aims, we will conduct home visits across three years with 350 young adult parents (and their families) whom we have followed since 6th grade in a randomized trial of PROSPER. The results of this project will yield insights into the adolescent and emerging adulthood factors that can be targeted to improve childrearing environments, as well as yield new information on the contribution of adolescent-focused substance use prevention to the adjustment and health of the next generation.