TY - JOUR
T1 - A state-trait model of negative life event occurrence in adolescence
T2 - Predictors of stability in the occurrence of stressors
AU - King, Kevin M.
AU - Molina, Brooke S G
AU - Chassin, Laurie
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by Grants AA016213 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to Laurie Chassin, Grant AA011873 to Brooke Molina, and a National Research Service Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to Kevin King, Grant DA019753. We thank Irwin Sandler, David MacKinnon, and Manuel Barrera for their comments and feedback in the development of the models in this article.
PY - 2008/10
Y1 - 2008/10
N2 - Stressful life events are an important risk factor for psychopathology among children and adolescents. However, variation in life stress may be both stable and time-varying with associated differences in the antecedents. We tested, using latent variable modeling, a state-trait model of stressful life events in adolescence, and predictors of stability in the occurrence of life events, using a high risk sample of children of alcoholic parents and matched controls (n=422). Variation in the number of stressful life events reported at any time point in adolescence could be separated into both stable and time-varying sources of variance, and stability in the occurrence of life events was predicted by parental alcoholism, parenting support, and adolescent temperament. These findings suggest that parental psychopathology, poor relationship with parents, and temperament contribute to produce stable stress during adolescence.
AB - Stressful life events are an important risk factor for psychopathology among children and adolescents. However, variation in life stress may be both stable and time-varying with associated differences in the antecedents. We tested, using latent variable modeling, a state-trait model of stressful life events in adolescence, and predictors of stability in the occurrence of life events, using a high risk sample of children of alcoholic parents and matched controls (n=422). Variation in the number of stressful life events reported at any time point in adolescence could be separated into both stable and time-varying sources of variance, and stability in the occurrence of life events was predicted by parental alcoholism, parenting support, and adolescent temperament. These findings suggest that parental psychopathology, poor relationship with parents, and temperament contribute to produce stable stress during adolescence.
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U2 - 10.1080/15374410802359643
DO - 10.1080/15374410802359643
M3 - Article
C2 - 18991134
AN - SCOPUS:57349164300
SN - 1537-4416
VL - 37
SP - 848
EP - 859
JO - Journal of clinical child psychology
JF - Journal of clinical child psychology
IS - 4
ER -