Youth who have behavior problems as adolescents often have positive behavior transitions as young adults. This study examined the experiences of Black young adults who reported such a transition in their behavior when they were youth.
In this research, the authors examined the development of intentional self-regulation in early adolescence, which was operationalized through the use of a measure derived from the model of selection, optimization, and compensation (SOC).
Fifth graders participated in a study designed to examine the development of intentional self-regulation which is defined as selecting and enacting behaviors that attain goals that are pertinent to oneself.
Objective: The aims of this study were 2-fold: to provide a brief introduction to the prospective longitudinal Great Smoky Mountains Study and review recent findings; and to use this sample to conduct an epidemiologic analysis of common childhood anxiety disorders.
Participants from 11 rural counties in western North Carolina participated in a prospective longitudinal study aimed at characterizing developmental patterns, prevalence, and comorbidity of childhood anxiety disorders and their relationships to adult functioning.
Objective: Prenatal exposure to inappropriate levels of glucocorticoids (GCs) and maternal stress are putative mechanisms for the fetal programming of later health outcomes.
Whether prenatal maternal psychosocial stress and cortisol (a biological indicator of stress) exerts a joint or independent influence on infant stress regulation was examined. Mothers completed measures of stress, anxiety, and depression during pregnancy, and provided cortisol assays.