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Does shyness interact with peer group affiliation in predicting substance use in adolescence?
(American Psychological Association, 2017-11-20)
Cigarette use and binge drinking are risky behaviors emerging during adolescence. Although many beneficial factors are well documented, studies linking shyness to substance use are somehow conflicting, which may be due to ...
A longitudinal empirical investigation of the pathways model of problem gambling
Longitudinal investigation of the pathways model
(Springer, 2017-12-31)
Background and Aims: The Pathways Model of Problem Gambling suggests the existence of
three developmental pathways to problem gambling, each differentiated by a set of predisposing
biopsychosocial characteristics: ...
A prospective, longitudinal, study of men with borderline personality disorder with and without comorbid antisocial personality disorder
(BMC, 2017-12)
Background: Some evidence suggests that the prevalence of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is elevated among
male criminal offenders. It is not presently known whether offending, and violent offending, are limited to ...
The spread of substance use and delinquency between adolescent twins
The spread of twin substance use and delinquency
(American Psychological Association, 2017-02)
This investigation examines the spread of problem behaviors (substance use and delinquency) between twin siblings. A sample of 628 twins (151 male twin pairs and 163 female twin pairs) drawn from the Quebec Newborn Twin ...
Persistence and innovation effects in genetic and environmental factors in negative emotionality during infancy : a twin study
(Public Library of Science, 2017-04-27)
Background
Difficult temperament in infancy is a risk factor for forms of later internalizing and externalizing
psychopathology, including depression and anxiety. A better understanding of the roots
of difficult temperament ...
Does cortisol moderate the environmental association between peer victimization and depression symptoms? a genetically informed twin study
(Elsevier, 2017-10-31)
Many youths who are victimized by peers suffer from depression symptoms. However, not all bullying
victims become depressed and individuals’ biological sensitivity may play an important moderating role in this
regard. ...
Environmental influence of problematic social relationships on adolescents' daily cortisol secretion : a monozygotic twin-difference study
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-02)
BACKGROUND:
This study investigated the potential environmental effects of peer victimization and the quality of relationships with parents and friends on diurnal cortisol secretion in mid-adolescence.
METHOD: ...
Persistent genetic and family-wide environmental contributions to early number knowledge and later achievement in mathematics
Etiology of early math knowledge and skills development
(SAGE, 2017-10-03)
This study investigated the stable and transient genetic and environmental contributions to
individual differences in number knowledge in the transition from preschool (age 5) to Grade 1
(age 7) and to the predictive ...
Links between the mother-adolescent and father-adolescent relationships and adolescent depression : a genetically informed study
Links between the parent-adolescent Relationship quality and depression
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-08-18)
This study examined the unique roles of support and conflict in the relationship with the
mother and the father in predicting changes in adolescents’ depressive symptoms over a 1-
year period. Potential moderating effects ...
Developmental pathways linking childhood temperament with antisocial behavior and substance use in adolescence : explanatory mechanisms in the peer environment
Temperament, peer social processes and antisocial behavior & substance use
(American Psychological Association, 2017-06)
This study investigated three developmental pathways involving the peer environment that may
explain how certain temperamental dispositions in childhood may become manifested in later
antisocial behavior and substance ...