Modeling the interplay of multilevel risk factors for future academic and behavior problems: a person-centered approach

Stephanie T Lanza; Brittany L Rhoades; Robert L Nix; Mark T Greenberg

doi:10.1017/S0954579410000088

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Modeling the interplay of multilevel risk factors for future academic and behavior problems: a person-centered approach

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Modeling the interplay of multilevel risk factors for future academic and behavior problems: a person-centered approach

Stephanie T Lanza, Brittany L Rhoades, Robert L Nix and Mark T Greenberg

Development and psychopathology, Vol.22(2), pp.313-335

05/2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579410000088

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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/109819

PMCID: PMC3005302

PMID: 20423544

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Abstract

Family - psychology

Child Behavior Disorders - psychology

Multivariate Analysis

United States - epidemiology

Urban Population - statistics & numerical data

Age Factors

Personality Development

Humans

Risk Factors

Cultural Characteristics

Social Support

Child, Preschool

Male

Educational Status

Single Parent - psychology

Stress, Psychological - psychology

Schools - statistics & numerical data

Parenting - psychology

Child Behavior Disorders - epidemiology

Individuation

Sex Factors

Female

Psychology, Child - methods

Child

This study identified profiles of 13 risk factors across child, family, school, and neighborhood domains in a diverse sample of children in kindergarten from four US locations (n = 750; 45% minority). It then examined the relation of those early risk profiles to externalizing problems, school failure, and low academic achievement in Grade 5. A person-centered approach, latent class analysis, revealed four unique risk profiles, which varied considerably across urban African American, urban White, and rural White children. Profiles characterized by several risks that cut across multiple domains conferred the highest risk for negative outcomes. Compared to a variable-centered approach, such as a cumulative risk index, these findings provide a more nuanced understanding of the early precursors to negative outcomes. For example, results suggested that urban children in single-parent homes that have few other risk factors (i.e., show at least average parenting warmth and consistency and report relatively low stress and high social support) are at quite low risk for externalizing problems, but at relatively high risk for poor grades and low academic achievement. These findings provide important information for refining and targeting preventive interventions to groups of children who share particular constellations of risk factors.

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Title: Modeling the interplay of multilevel risk factors for future academic and behavior problems: a person-centered approach
Creators: Stephanie T Lanza - Methodology Center, Pennsylvania State University, 204 East Calder Way, Suite 400, State College, PA 16801, USA. slanza@psu.edu
Brittany L Rhoades
Robert L Nix
Mark T Greenberg
Publication Details: Development and psychopathology, Vol.22(2), pp.313-335
Publisher: United States
Grant note: T32DA17629 / NIDA NIH HHS R18 MH050952-10 / NIMH NIH HHS R18 MH048043-13 / NIMH NIH HHS R18 MH50952 / NIMH NIH HHS R18 MH050953-10 / NIMH NIH HHS R18 MH050951 / NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH050953 / NIMH NIH HHS K05 MH000797-10 / NIMH NIH HHS K05 MH001027-11 / NIMH NIH HHS R18 MH50951 / NIMH NIH HHS R03 DA023032 / NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA017629-05 / NIDA NIH HHS P50 DA010075 / NIDA NIH HHS R18 MH050952 / NIMH NIH HHS R18 MH50953 / NIMH NIH HHS R03 DA023032-02 / NIDA NIH HHS R18 MH050951-10 / NIMH NIH HHS P50DA10075 / NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA016903 / NIDA NIH HHS P50 DA010075-13 / NIDA NIH HHS R18 MH050953 / NIMH NIH HHS T32 DA017629 / NIDA NIH HHS K05MH00797 / NIMH NIH HHS R18 MH48043 / NIMH NIH HHS R03DA23032 / NIDA NIH HHS K05MH01027 / NIMH NIH HHS R18 MH048043 / NIMH NIH HHS
Identifiers: 99900547101901842
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article