Precursors of Mild Mental Retardation in Children with Adolescent Mothers

Borkowski, John G.; Lounds, Julie J.; Noria, Christine W.; Lefever, Jennifer Burke; Weed, Keri; Keogh, Deborah; Whitman, Thomas L.

doi:10.1016/s0074-7750(04)29006-1

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“…While such children appear to function within normal ranges on developmental assessments and on social-emotional measures (e.g., responsitivity, activity, mood) in their first year of life, they begin to show signs of social-emotional difficulties by the end of their first year and a decline in other developmental trajectories thereafter (Borkowski et al, 2002; Furstenberg et al, 1987; Moore, Morrison, & Greene, 1997; Whitman et al, 2001). It is notable that children of adolescent mothers are at three to four times greater risk for developmental delays in intelligence, language, and social-emotional functioning than children of adult mothers (Black et al, 2002; Borkowski et al, 2004; Chandra et al, 2002; Furstenberg et al, 1987). The present study will extend the current literature by describing the cognitive and social developmental functioning at 10 months of age in a sample of infants of Mexican-origin adolescent mothers, and identifying factors associated with their risk for delay.…”

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Birth characteristics and developmental outcomes of infants of Mexican-origin adolescent mothers

Jahromi

Umaña‐Taylor

Updegraff

et al. 2012

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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Infants of adolescent mothers are at increased risk for negative developmental outcomes. Given the high rate of pregnancy among Mexican-origin adolescent females in the US, the present study examined health characteristics at birth and developmental functioning at 10 months of age in a sample of 205 infants of Mexican-origin adolescent mothers. Infants were relatively healthy at birth and had near average developmental functioning at 10 months. The educational attainment of adolescents and their mothers, and infants’ temperamental regulation, promoted positive developmental functioning, while the combination of low adolescent parental self-efficacy and high infant temperamental negativity was associated with greater developmental delay. Findings are discussed with respect to implications for prevention with this at-risk population of mothers and infants.

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Section: Describing Social and Cognitive Developmental Functioning Atmentioning

confidence: 99%

Birth characteristics and developmental outcomes of infants of Mexican-origin adolescent mothers

Jahromi

Umaña‐Taylor

Updegraff

et al. 2012

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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“…Despite the general acceptance of this assumption, evidence for aptitude-by-treatment interactions in educational contexts has been limited (Pashler, McDaniel, Rohrer, & Bjork, 2008) and research has failed to substantiate differential success of specific techniques with children who have different learning styles (Mayer, 2008). However, a growing body of research has identified self-regulation as a promising focus for intervention and remediation of academic delays for students with a variety of learning styles and aptitudes (Blair & Razza, 2007; Borkowski et al, 2004; Martinez-Pons, 2002; McClelland, Cameron, Connor, Farris, Jewkes, & Morrison, 2007; Pintrich, 2000; Zimmerman, 1989; 1990). …”

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“…Borkowski et al (2004) discussed the role of self-regulation in the academic development of children of adolescent mothers. To the extent that adolescent mothers lack self-regulatory skills, their ability to model or teach these skills to their children may be limited.…”

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Self-regulation mediates the relationship between learner typology and achievement in at-risk children

Weed

Keogh

Borkowski

et al. 2011

Learning and Individual Differences

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A person-centered approach was used to explore the mediating role of self-regulation between learner typology at age 8 and academic achievement at age 14while controlling for domainspecific achievement in a longitudinal sample of 113 children born to adolescent mothers. Children were classified into one of 5 learner typologies at age 8based on interactive patterns of intellectual, achievement, and adaptive abilities. Typology classification explained significant variance in both reading and mathematics achievement at age 14. A bootstrapping approach confirmed that self-regulation mediated the relationship between typology and reading and mathematical achievement for children from all typologies except those classified as Cognitively and Adaptively Challenged. Implications of person-centered approaches for understanding processes involved with achievement are discussed.

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“…Young children born to low-income, minority, adolescent mothers are at increased risk of developing behavior problems (Borkowski et al, 2007; Coley & Chase-Lansdale, 1998; Furstenburg, Brooks-Gunn, & Morgan, 1987; Pogarsky, Thornberry, & Lizotte, 2006), which can be precursors to later delinquency and conduct disorders (Brook, Whiteman, Finch,, & Cohen, 1996; Fergusson, Horwood,, & Ridder, 2005; Fergusson & Lynskey, 1998; Fronstin, Greenberg, & Robins, 2005). Urban, minority, adolescent mothers and their children are also particularly vulnerable to community and interpersonal violence (Kennedy, 2006), both of which have been linked to increased externalizing and internalizing behavior in young children (Linares et al, 2001; Margolin & Gordis, 2004; Osofsky, 1999).…”

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Maternal Distress Explains the Relationship of Young African American Mothers’ Violence Exposure With Their Preschoolers’ Behavior

Mitchell

Lewin

Rasmussen

et al. 2010

J Interpers Violence

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Adolescent mothers and their children are particularly susceptible to witnessing or directly experiencing violence. Such violence exposure predicts maternal distress, parenting, and child behavior problems. The current study examined how mothers’ depressive symptoms, aggression, harsh disciplinary practices, and home environment independently explain the association between mothers’ violence exposure and children’s externalizing and internalizing behavior, controlling for their children’s violence exposure. Data were collected from 230 African American mothers living in Washington, DC who gave birth as adolescents and whose children were 3 to 5 years old. Path analysis revealed that the effect of mothers’ experienced violence on children’s externalizing and internalizing behavior was mediated by mothers’ depressive symptoms and aggression. However, neither harsh discipline nor stimulation in the home environment acted as significant mediators, and there were no direct or indirect effects of mothers’ witnessed violence on child behavior. This study builds on previous work by identifying an association between maternal violence exposure and children’s behavior, independent of children’s own violence exposure that is explained by mothers’ increased distress but not their parenting. These findings suggest that a potential means of preventing behavior problems in minority children born to adolescent mothers is to identify mothers who have been directly exposed to violence and treat their depressive symptoms and aggressive behaviors.

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Precursors of Mild Mental Retardation in Children with Adolescent Mothers

Cited by 8 publications

References 32 publications

Birth characteristics and developmental outcomes of infants of Mexican-origin adolescent mothers

Birth characteristics and developmental outcomes of infants of Mexican-origin adolescent mothers

Self-regulation mediates the relationship between learner typology and achievement in at-risk children

Maternal Distress Explains the Relationship of Young African American Mothers’ Violence Exposure With Their Preschoolers’ Behavior

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