Moreover, to date few studies have directly examined G × E at different periods in development,
particularly during early adolescence.
Not exact matches
The clear social gradient associated with children's vocabulary, emerging literacy, well - being and behaviour is evident from birth to school entry.1 These trajectories track into
adolescence and correspond to poorer educational attainment, income and health across the life course.2 — 10 Neuroimaging research extends the evidence for these suboptimal trajectories, showing that children raised in poverty from infancy are more likely to have delayed brain growth with smaller volumetric size of the regions
particularly responsible for executive functioning and language.11 This evidence supports the need for further effort to redress inequities that arise from the impact of adversity
during the potential developmental window of opportunity in
early childhood.
Prenatal home visiting programs such as the NFP or the doula ¶ are also
particularly appealing, both because they reach at - risk families as
early as possible and because they intervene at the same time on children and adolescent mothers by affecting those traits still amenable to change
during adolescence.36
Life history theory (Charnov, 1993) provides a broad framework for hypothesizing two mechanisms that may relate parenting to inflammation,
particularly parenting
during periods that are characterized by rapid developmental change such as late childhood and
early adolescence.
The effects of welfare policies —
particularly those with more generous earnings supplements — were most pronounced
during two developmental transition periods: positive effects were found for children going from preschool into middle childhood, and negative effects were found for children making the transition out of middle childhood and into
early adolescence.
We contend that childhood temperament shapes the manner in which individuals perceive their surroundings, which influences their social interactions in a reciprocal manner and eventual social and mental health outcomes.17 This dynamic is
particularly evident in
early adolescence during which the emergence of the peer group as a more salient influence on development coincides with sharp increases in psychopathology, 16
particularly SAD.6, 15,18 Temperament also shapes vital cognitive processes, such as attention and certain executive processes which provide the foundation from which children perceive and respond to social cues in the environment.
Although this is the first prospective longitudinal study to investigate this mediational hypothesis in a systematic manner, our findings are consistent with previous findings indicating that disruption of interpersonal relationships is a predominant risk factor for suicide10, 13,49 and that interpersonal conflict or separation
during adulthood partially mediated an association between neglectful overprotective parenting and subsequent suicide attempts.23 The present findings are also consistent with research indicating that stressful life events mediated the association between childhood adversities and suicidal behavior
during adolescence or
early adulthood, 8 that suicide is multidetermined, 2 and that youths who experience numerous adversities
during childhood and
adolescence are at a
particularly elevated risk for suicide.18, 22,49
The Ministry of Parenting (CIC) is committed to and believes in positive parenting interventions,
particularly during children's
early years and
adolescence.
Close relationships with parents may also support feelings of self - efficacy,
particularly when these relationships are positive
during early adolescence, a period characterized by heightened conflict with parents (Steinberg & Morris, 2001).
This is unfortunate, considering that
early onset is one of the strongest identified risk factors for substance use problems in later life (Breslau et al. 1993; Chen et al. 2005; De Wit et al. 2000) and these personality predispositions may play a
particularly important role in explaining risk behavior and receptivity for substance use
during the period of
adolescence (e.g., Carver et al. 2009; Malmberg et al. 2010b).