Search Results

Source: Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest Univ. School of Medicine
Resulting in 1 citation.
1. Ip, Edward Hak-Sing
Jones, Alison Snow
Zhang, Qiang
Rijmen, Frank
Temporal Configuration Analysis of Developmental Trajectories in Young Children of Heavy Episodic Drinking Mothers
Working Paper, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2006.
Also: http://www.phs.wfubmc.edu/public/downloads/NLSY_Ip.pdf
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Markov chain / Markov model; Modeling, Mixed Effects; Mothers, Behavior; Mothers, Health; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Statistical Analysis

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

Most models for longitudinal analysis focus on a single outcome variable. In this paper, we develop a method for examining patterns of evolution of cognitive and behavioral profiles of children of heavy episodic drinking (HED) mothers. A developmental profile contains multiple outcome variables. Our objectives are to delineate clusters of outcome trajectories and to study the effect of maternal HED on these trajectories. Several analytical methods, including the functional principal component analysis and the K-mean algorithm, are adapted to achieve this aim. The proposed method, which we call Temporal Configuration Analysis (TCA), is applied to a sample of young children drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). While most of our results are consistent with previous findings, we demonstrate how the method can lead to nuanced yet important differences in developmental trajectories for children of HED mothers.
Bibliography Citation
Ip, Edward Hak-Sing, Alison Snow Jones, Qiang Zhang and Frank Rijmen. "Temporal Configuration Analysis of Developmental Trajectories in Young Children of Heavy Episodic Drinking Mothers." Working Paper, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2006.