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A behavior genetic investigation of adolescent motherhood and offspring mental health problems
Harden, K. P., Lynch, S. K., Turkheimer, E., Emery, R. E., D'Onofrio, B. M., Slutske, W. S., Waldron, M. D., Statham, D. J. and Martin, N. G. (2007) A behavior genetic investigation of adolescent motherhood and offspring mental health problems. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116 4: 667-683.
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| Author(s) |
Harden, K. P.
Lynch, S. K.
Turkheimer, E.
Emery, R. E.
D'Onofrio, B. M.
Slutske, W. S.
Waldron, M. D.
Statham, D. J.
Martin, N. G.
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| Title |
A behavior genetic investigation of adolescent motherhood and offspring mental health problems
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| Journal name |
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
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| Publication date |
2007
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| Volume number |
116
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| Issue number |
4
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| ISSN |
0021-843X
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| Start page |
667
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| End page |
683
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| Total pages |
17
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| Editor(s) |
D. Watson
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| Place of publication |
Washington, U.S.A.
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| Publisher |
American Psychological Association
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| Collection year |
2008
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| Language |
eng
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| Subject |
730107 Inherited diseases (incl. gene therapy)
321011 Medical Genetics
C1
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| Abstract |
The present study examines the relations between adolescent motherhood and children's behavior, substance use, and internalizing problems in a sample of 1,368 children of 712 female twins from Australia. Adolescent motherhood remained significantly associated with all mental health problems, even when using a quasiexperimental design capable of controlling for genetic and environmental confounds. However, the relation between adolescent motherhood and offspring behavior problems and substance use was partially confounded by family background variables that influence both generations. The results are consistent with a causal relation between adolescent motherhood and offspring mental health problems, and they highlight the usefulness of behavior genetic designs when examining putative environmental risks for the development of psychopathology. The generalizability of these results to the United States, which has a higher adolescent birth rate, is discussed.
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| Keyword(s) |
Adolescent
Adult
Child Behavior Disorders/*epidemiology/*genetics/psychology
Female
Humans
Illegitimacy/*psychology/*statistics & numerical data
Mental Disorders/*epidemiology/*genetics/psychology
Middle Aged
Models, Psychological
*Mother-Child Relations
Pregnancy
*Pregnancy in Adolescence
Questionnaires
Twins/*genetics
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