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Author: Ellingson, Jarrod M.
Resulting in 2 citations.
1. D'Onofrio, Brian M.
Rickert, Martin E.
Langström, Niklas
Donahue, Kelly L
Coyne, Claire A.
Larsson, Henrik
Ellingson, Jarrod M.
Van Hulle, Carol A.
Iliadou, Anastasia N.
Rathouz, Paul J.
Lahey, Benjamin B.
Lichtenstein, Paul
Familial Confounding of the Association Between Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and Offspring Substance Use and Problems
Archives of General Psychiatry 69,11 (November 2012): 1140-1150.
Also: http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1389367
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: American Medical Association
Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Alcohol Use; Birth Order; Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Mothers, Behavior; Mothers, Health; Pre/post Natal Behavior; Siblings; Smoking (see Cigarette Use); Substance Use; Sweden, Swedish

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Objective: To determine the extent to which the association between SDP and offspring substance use/problems depends on confounded familial background factors by using a quasi-experimental design.

Design: We used 2 separate samples from the United States and Sweden. The analyses prospectively predicted multiple indices of substance use and problems while controlling for statistical covariates and comparing differentially exposed siblings to minimize confounding.

Conclusions: The association between maternal SDP and offspring substance use/problems is likely due to familial background factors, not a causal influence, because siblings have similar rates of substance use and problems regardless of their specific exposure to SDP.

Bibliography Citation
D'Onofrio, Brian M., Martin E. Rickert, Niklas Langström, Kelly L Donahue, Claire A. Coyne, Henrik Larsson, Jarrod M. Ellingson, Carol A. Van Hulle, Anastasia N. Iliadou, Paul J. Rathouz, Benjamin B. Lahey and Paul Lichtenstein. "Familial Confounding of the Association Between Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and Offspring Substance Use and Problems." Archives of General Psychiatry 69,11 (November 2012): 1140-1150.
2. Ellingson, Jarrod M.
Goodnight, Jackson A.
Van Hulle, Carol A.
Waldman, Irwin D.
D'Onofrio, Brian M.
A Sibling-Comparison Study of Smoking During Pregnancy and Childhood Psychological Traits
Behavior Genetics 44,1 (January 2014): 25-35.
Also: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10519-013-9618-6
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Behavior Genetics Association
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Modeling, Growth Curve/Latent Trajectory Analysis; Mothers, Behavior; Mothers, Health; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT); Pre-natal Care/Exposure; Pre/post Natal Behavior; Siblings; Smoking (see Cigarette Use); Temperament

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Prenatal exposure to substances of abuse is associated with numerous psychological problems in offspring, but quasi-experimental studies controlling for co-occurring risk factors suggest that familial factors (e.g., genetic and environmental effects shared among siblings) confound many associations with maternal smoking during pregnancy (SDP). Few of the quasi-experimental studies in this area have explored normative psychological traits in early childhood or developmental changes across the lifespan, however. The current study used multilevel growth curve models with a large, nationally-representative sample in the United States to investigate for potential effects of SDP on the developmental trajectories of cognitive functioning, temperament/personality, and disruptive behavior across childhood, while accounting for shared familial confounds by comparing differentially exposed siblings and statistically controlling for offspring-specific covariates. Maternal SDP predicted the intercept (but not change over time) for all cognitive and externalizing outcomes. Accounting for familial confounds, however, attenuated the association between SDP exposure and all outcomes, except the intercept (age 5) for reading recognition. These findings, which are commensurate with previous quasi-experimental research on more severe indices of adolescent and adult problems, suggest that the associations between SDP and developmental traits in childhood are due primarily to confounding factors and not a causal association.
Bibliography Citation
Ellingson, Jarrod M., Jackson A. Goodnight, Carol A. Van Hulle, Irwin D. Waldman and Brian M. D'Onofrio. "A Sibling-Comparison Study of Smoking During Pregnancy and Childhood Psychological Traits." Behavior Genetics 44,1 (January 2014): 25-35.