essay

Names: Jared Simbulan, Chris Liem, Justin Kuo

Topic: Adolescent Development/Mental Health

Source #

Authors (Year). Title. Source, vol(issue), pages

Independent Variables (predictor)

Dependent Variables (outcome

Study Design (say if given by authors)

Population

Main Findings

Limitations/gaps in research

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Abby L. Braden , PhD, Jennifer Madowitz , BA, Brittany E. Matheson , MS, Kristie Bergmann , MA, Scott J. Crow , MD, and Kerri N. Boutelle , PhD (2015). Parent Binge Eating and Depressive Symptoms as Predictors of Attrition in a Family-Based Treatment for Pediatric Obesity. Childhood Obesity, 11(2), 165-169

High binge-eating behaviors in parents vs Low binge-eating behaviors in parents

Attrition to childhood obesity treatment

Randomized control trial

77 parent-child dyads (one obese child 8-12 years, and his/her parents)

Parent binge eating symptoms were associated with attrition, depression was not.

Results are affected by genuine and faulty reportings on behalf of parents

2.

Moore, G. F., Cox, R., Evans, R. E., Hallingberg, B., Hawkins, J., Littlecott, H. J., Long, S. J., … Murphy, S. (2018). School, Peer and Family Relationships and Adolescent Substance Use, Subjective Wellbeing and Mental Health Symptoms in Wales: a Cross Sectional Study. Child indicators research, 11(6), 1951-1965.

family, peer and school relationships in predicting substance use, subjective wellbeing and mental health symptoms

Family, peer and school relationships are associated with substance use, subjective wellbeing and mental health symptoms.

Cross- sectional

9055 young people aged 11–16 years.

Positive relationships with family and school staff/peer were consistently associated with better outcomes. Support from friends result in more use of substance.

“it is based on cross sectional data and hence, cannot demonstrate cause and effect” and also “the use of a secondary dataset for analysis not designed for this purpose means that the measures of connectedness to school, family and peers are not directly comparable.” and finally “ There is not clear consensus on how to best measure subjective wellbeing in young people”

3.

Shomaker LB 1,2, Tanofsky-Kraff M 1,3, Matherne CE 1,3,4, Mehari RD 1, Olsen CH 5, Marwitz SE 1, Bakalar JL 1,3, Ranzenhofer LM 1,3,6, Kelly NR 1,7, Schvey NA 1,3, Burke NL 1,3, Cassidy O 1,3, Brady SM 1, Dietz LJ 8, Wilfley DE 9, Yanovski SZ 10, Yanovski JA 1.(2017). A randomized, comparative pilot trial of family-based interpersonal psychotherapy for reducing psychosocial symptoms, disordered-eating, and excess weight gain in at-risk preadolescents with loss-of-control-eating. Int J Eat Discord 50(9), 1084 - 1094.

Family Based Interpersonal Psychotherapy (FB-IBT) vs Family Based Health Education (FB-HE)

Changes in psychological function over time

Randomized controlled pilot trial

29 children, 8-13 years, obese, w/ LOC-eating behavior.

Both interventions reduced depression and anxiety. But BMI gain was not affected

Did not account for socioeconomic status or race/ethinicity

4.

Christopher T.Barry, Chloe L.Sidoti, Shanelle M.Briggs, Shari R.Reiter, Rebecca A.Lindsey. (2017). Adolescent social media use and mental health from adolescent and parent perspectives. Elsevier Ltd, 61(1), 1-11.

adolescent and parent reports of adolescent social media use.

relation to adolescent psychosocial adjustment.

Longitudinal studies

226 participants (113 parent-adolescent dyads) from throughout the United States, with adolescents (55 males, 51 females, 7 unreported) ranging from ages 14 to 17.

“Parent and adolescent reports of the number of adolescents’ social media accounts were moderately correlated with parent-reported DSM-5 symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity, ODD, anxiety, and depressive symptoms, as well as adolescent-reported fear of missing out (FoMO) and loneliness . Lastly, anxiety and depressive symptoms were highest among adolescents with a relatively high number of parent-reported social media accounts and relatively high FoMO.”

project resources limited the timeframe and extent to which participant recruitment could occur, and the relatively small sample size reduces the degree to which they can be confident that the results generalize to the broader population of present-day teens.

5.

Fisher, J. H., & Brown, J. L. (2018). A prospective, longitudinal examination of the influence of childhood home and school contexts on psychopathic characteristics in adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47(10), 2041–2059. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-018-0861-2

This article examined the influence of child home and school environment on adolescent behavior and the possible development of psychopathic characteristics.  

The results of this research indicated that there was a strong relationship between higher quality classrooms and children homes and psychopathic characteristics. Also, home chaos has a direct connection for mental thoughts and characteristics.  

Prospective, longitudinal study

390 youth (50.5% female; 46.2% Black/African American, 44.9% Hispanic/Latino, 6.9% Asian or Native American/Alaska Native, and 2.1% Non-Hispanic White)

Kids with high quality schools demonstrated lower characteristics of unusual behavior. Kids with lower quality homes and families demonstrated more characteristics of “psychopathic behavior”

One limitation of this experiment is defining a higher vs lower quality home. Kids perceive family value very differently. Another limitation is the focus group was volunteered, not randomly chosen for research.

6.

Comacchio, C., Howard, L. M., Bonetto, C., Lo Parrino, R., Furlato, K., Semrov, E., … Ruggeri, M. (2019). The impact of gender and childhood abuse on age of psychosis onset, psychopathology and needs for care in psychosis patients. Schizophrenia Research. https://doi-org.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/10.1016/j.schres.2018.12.046

History of Childhood Trauma/ Childhood development environment

Mental Health development based off past experiences. Mental health symptoms growth.

Study, Trial, PANSS Scale experiment

444 FEP patients (split even between biological genders)

Overall, patients found with history of child abuse had greater symptoms of depression/psychosis. Childhood sexual abuse was more frequent in women, which had the most significant impact towards negative health symptoms.

One limitation that this article had was the focus group was targeted towards psychosis patients. But throughout the document, a lot of general health information/research can be applicable towards any target group. Another gap wa the focus group was only in young adults/adults. I think the results would have been more significant if there was a plethora of age groups.