A Multidimensional Assessment of Stressful Life Events among Adolescents: Derivation and Correlates

Newcomb, Michael D.; Huba, G. J.; Bentler, Peter M.

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“…The latent construct of Dysphoria in this study was represented by five measured variables including: emotional distress, depression, self-derogation, purpose in life, and suicidal ideation. Emotional distress was measured by eight items from the Bentler Medical-Psychological Inventory (Newcomb, Huba, & Bentler, 1981) on a 5-point scale. Sample items included: "like myself for what I am" and "future often seems hopeless."…”

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Drug problems and psychological distress among a community sample of adults: Predictors, consequences, or confound?

Newcomb

Vargas-Carmona

Galaif

1999

J. Community Psychol.

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Although the comorbidity of drug abuse and psychological distress is well established in adult‐treatment samples, the directionality of this association is in question. There is less evidence that this relationship exists among community samples of adults. The prospective relationships between psychological distress and drug problems (e.g., alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine) were examined in a community sample of 470 adults. Results addressed three theories—self‐medication/self‐derogation, impaired functioning, and general deviance—to explain the relationship between drug use and psychological distress. Although the latent constructs of Polydrug Problems was largely unaffected by Psychological Distress and generally had no effect on Psychological Distress, several specific effects emerged. Providing support for the impaired‐functioning theory, adults who abused drugs early on experienced later impaired functioning, anxiety, suicidal ideation, psychoticism, hostility, and decreased purpose in life four years later. Providing support for both the self‐medication and self‐derogation theories, those who experienced aspects of psychological distress (e.g., dysphoria, suicidal ideation) reported drug problems four years later. Moderate cross‐sectional support was also found for the general deviance theory in that Social Conformity reduced or eliminated the associations between Polydrug Problems and the measures of psychological distress. Implications of these findings are discussed. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Drug problems and psychological distress among a community sample of adults: Predictors, consequences, or confound?

Newcomb

Vargas-Carmona

Galaif

1999

J. Community Psychol.

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“…Negative life events and antisocial behaviors were surveyed by the Life Events Questionnaire (LEQ) adapted from Newcomb et al (29) and the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Drugs (ESPAD) (30,31). The ESPAD interview includes items adapted from the Revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire (32) and the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (33), which assess involvement in bullying as perpetrator and/or victim.…”

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Brain Regions Related to Impulsivity Mediate the Effects of Early Adversity on Antisocial Behavior

Mackey

Chaarani

Kan

et al. 2017

Biological Psychiatry

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BACKGROUND: Individual differences in impulsivity and early adversity are known to be strong predictors of adolescent antisocial behavior. However, the neurobiological bases of impulsivity and their relation to antisocial behavior and adversity are poorly understood. METHODS: Impulsivity was estimated with a temporal discounting task. Voxel-based morphometry was used to determine the brain structural correlates of temporal discounting in a large cohort (n 5 1830) of 14-to 15-year-old children. Mediation analysis was then used to determine whether the volumes of brain regions associated with temporal discounting mediate the relation between adverse life events (e.g., family conflict, serious accidents) and antisocial behaviors (e.g., precocious sexual activity, bullying, illicit substance use). RESULTS: Greater temporal discounting (more impulsivity) was associated with 1) lower volume in frontomedial cortex and bilateral insula and 2) greater volume in a subcortical region encompassing the ventral striatum, hypothalamus and anterior thalamus. The volume ratio between these cortical and subcortical regions was found to partially mediate the relation between adverse life events and antisocial behavior. CONCLUSIONS: Temporal discounting is related to regions of the brain involved in reward processing and interoception. The results support a developmental imbalance model of impulsivity and are consistent with the idea that negative environmental factors can alter the developing brain in ways that promote antisocial behavior.

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“…As adolescence is the ''peak period'' for the occurrence of stressful life events (Newcomb, Huba, & Bentler, 1981;Windle, 1992) and stress levels are rising for adolescents living in mainland China (Fong, 2006), clinicians and researchers must better identify youth at risk for engaging in such behaviors as a means of responding to negative events. By identifying adolescents at risk for engaging in risky behaviors as a means of alleviating stress, clinicians can better target intervention and treatment programs aimed at modifying such risk factors.…”

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A diathesis-stress model of engagement in risky behaviors in Chinese adolescents

Auerbach

Abela

Zhu

et al. 2007

Behaviour Research and Therapy

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A Multidimensional Assessment of Stressful Life Events among Adolescents: Derivation and Correlates

Cited by 345 publications

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Drug problems and psychological distress among a community sample of adults: Predictors, consequences, or confound?

Drug problems and psychological distress among a community sample of adults: Predictors, consequences, or confound?

Brain Regions Related to Impulsivity Mediate the Effects of Early Adversity on Antisocial Behavior

A diathesis-stress model of engagement in risky behaviors in Chinese adolescents

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