Predicting School Dropout and Adolescent Sexual Behavior in Offspring of Depressed and Nondepressed Mothers

Autor/inn/en	Bohon, Cara; Garber, Judy; Horowitz, Jason L.
Titel	Predicting School Dropout and Adolescent Sexual Behavior in Offspring of Depressed and Nondepressed Mothers
Quelle	In: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 46 (2007) 1, S.15-24 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0890-8567
Schlagwörter	Dropouts; Behavior Problems; Sexuality; Mothers; Intelligence Quotient; Longitudinal Studies; Severity (of Disability); Socioeconomic Influences; Fathers; Substance Abuse; At Risk Persons; Educational Attainment; Depression (Psychology); Dropout Research; Predictor Variables; Parent Influence; Socioeconomic Status + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Sexualität; Mother; Mutter; Intelligenzquotient; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Schweregrad; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Risikogruppe; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Prädiktor; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status
Abstract	Objective: To examine predictors of school dropout and adolescent sexual behavior in offspring of depressed and nondepressed mothers. Possible moderators of the relation between maternal depression and these outcomes also were explored. Method: Participants were 240 mothers and adolescents assessed annually from 6th through 12th grade. Interviews and questionnaires measured the chronicity and severity of the mother's depressive episodes, the mother's educational attainment, socioeconomic status, the presence of a father, the adolescent's IQ, externalizing behaviors, and substance use disorders. Results: Substance use disorders before ninth grade significantly predicted higher rates of both school dropout and adolescent sexual behavior. Lower levels of mother's educational attainment and higher rates of adolescent's externalizing behaviors in grades 6 through 8 predicted higher school dropout. Higher IQ was associated with a lower likelihood of dropping out among offspring of never or moderately depressed mothers, but not for offspring of chronic/severely depressed mothers. Among offspring of never or moderately depressed mothers, the presence of a male head of household was associated with lower rates of adolescent sexual behavior, but not among offspring of chronically/severely depressed mothers. Conclusions: These findings have implications for the development of programs aimed at preventing behavior problems in high-risk adolescents. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.) (Author).
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