TY - JOUR
T1 - Trajectories of developmental functioning among children of adolescent mothers
T2 - Factors associated with risk for delay
AU - Jahromi, Laudan B.
AU - Umaña-Taylor, Adriana J.
AU - Updegraff, Kimberly A.
AU - Zeiders, Katharine H.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD061376; PI: Umaña-Taylor), the Department of Health and Human Services (APRPA006001; PI: Umaña-Taylor), and the Cowden Fund to the School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University. We thank the families who participated in this study, and the undergraduate research assistants, the graduate research assistants, and staff of the Supporting MAMI project for their contributions to the larger study.
Publisher Copyright:
© AAIDD.
PY - 2016/7
Y1 - 2016/7
N2 - Children of adolescent mothers are at risk for developmental delays. Less is known about the heterogeneity in these children's developmental trajectories, and factors associated with different patterns of development. This longitudinal study used latent class growth analysis (LCGA) to identify distinct trajectories in children of Mexican-origin adolescent mothers (N = 204). Three distinct groups emerged: (a) a Delayed/Decreasing Functioning group, (b) an At-Risk/Recovering Functioning group, and (c) a Normative/Stable Functioning group. Children with Delayed/Decreasing Functioning were more likely than those with Normative/Stable Functioning to have families with lower income, fewer learning materials at home, and adolescent mothers with more depressive symptoms and greater coparental conflict with adolescents' mother figures. The results contribute to knowledge about factors associated with risk of delay.
AB - Children of adolescent mothers are at risk for developmental delays. Less is known about the heterogeneity in these children's developmental trajectories, and factors associated with different patterns of development. This longitudinal study used latent class growth analysis (LCGA) to identify distinct trajectories in children of Mexican-origin adolescent mothers (N = 204). Three distinct groups emerged: (a) a Delayed/Decreasing Functioning group, (b) an At-Risk/Recovering Functioning group, and (c) a Normative/Stable Functioning group. Children with Delayed/Decreasing Functioning were more likely than those with Normative/Stable Functioning to have families with lower income, fewer learning materials at home, and adolescent mothers with more depressive symptoms and greater coparental conflict with adolescents' mother figures. The results contribute to knowledge about factors associated with risk of delay.
KW - Adolescent mothers
KW - Developmental delays
KW - Developmental trajectories
KW - Latent class growth analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84984804858&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84984804858&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1352/1944-7558-121.4.346
DO - 10.1352/1944-7558-121.4.346
M3 - Article
C2 - 27351701
AN - SCOPUS:84984804858
SN - 1944-7515
VL - 121
SP - 346
EP - 363
JO - American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
JF - American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
IS - 4
ER -