RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR CHILD MENTAL HEALTH

描述（改编自申请人的摘要）：本申请是一个 申请科学家奖（K05） 时期的 奖励申请人将保持一个研究计划，以确定风险， 儿童从婴儿期到成年期心理健康的保护因素 青春期 为纵向评估提出了三个项目 儿童的心理健康和风险积累的影响 环境中的因素。 在罗切斯特纵向研究中， 风险的影响将从婴儿期到成年早期进行研究， 普罗维登斯家庭研究风险对学前发展的影响将 在乔治王子郡家庭参与研究中， 将探讨风险对青少年发展的影响。 将使用一个发展生态学模型，其中儿童行为是 嵌入在一个社会背景下， 孩子的成长。 除了可归因于 危险因素 上下文将被分析的层次模型， 从近端亲子互动到远端 人口因素。 将比较以下因素的影响： 早期环境危险和保护因素及其影响 在以后的时间段。 家庭管理做法不断变化的影响 随着年龄的增长，将根据儿童日益增长的自主性进行审查 从家庭和参与竞争或合作的同龄人， 学校和邻里环境。 申请人将指导一项研究计划，并提供培训机会 为本科生，研究生和博士后研究员，并教 发展精神病理学和风险课程。 申请人还将 指导和参与国家家庭问题研究联合会 功能，青少年发展和儿童抑郁症。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from the Applicant's Abstract): This application is a request for a Research Scientist Award (K05). During the period of the award the applicant will maintain a research program to identify risk and protective factors for mental health in children from infancy through adolescence. Three projects are proposed for the longitudinal assessment of children's mental health and the effects of the accumulation of risk factors in their environments. In the Rochester Longitudinal Study the effects of risk will be studied from infancy into early adulthood, in the Providence Family Study the effects of risk on preschool development will be examined, and in the Prince George's County Family Involvement Study the effects of risk on adolescent development will be explored. A developmental ecology model will be used in which child behavior is embedded in a social context which changes in dynamic relationship to the child's growth. Risk processes will be studied in addition to attributable risk factors. Context will be analyzed in terms of a hierarchical model of levels ranging from proximal parent-child interactions to distal demographic factors. Comparisons will be made between the effects of environmental risk and protective factors at early ages and their effects at later time periods. The changing impact of family management practices with age will be examined in relation to the child's increasing autonomy from the family and participation in competing or collaborating peer, school, and neighborhood contexts. The applicant will direct a research program with training opportunities for undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows and teach courses in Developmental Psychopathology and Risk. The applicant will also direct and participate in national research consortia on family functioning, adolescent development and childhood depression.