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Title: The Impact of Maternal Depression and Substance Abuse on Cognitive, Behavioral, and Educational Outcomes of Children
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Frank, Richard G. Meara, Ellen |
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The Impact of Maternal Depression and Substance Abuse on Cognitive, Behavioral, and Educational Outcomes of Children Presented: Washington, DC, AcademyHealth Research Conference, June 9-10, 2008 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: AcademyHealth Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Alcohol Use; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); CESD (Depression Scale); Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Children, Academic Development; Children, Behavioral Development; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Depression (see also CESD); Drug Use; Grandparents; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Modeling, Fixed Effects; Mothers, Behavior; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); School Suspension/Expulsion; Variables, Instrumental Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Study Design: We use instrumental variables models (IV) to estimate causal links between maternal behavioral health (symptoms of depression, evidence of alcohol abuse or dependence, and heavy use of marijuana) and measures of cognitive, behavioral, and educational outcomes in children (age-standardized test scores in math and reading, behavioral problems, measures of delinquency, expulsion, grade repetition, and completion of high school by age 18). Specifically, we use information on the mental health status and alcoholism of maternal grandparents and the presence of symptoms of mental and addictive disorders early in a mother's life as instruments for depression and substance abuse in motherhood in models of child outcomes described above. Our models of child outcomes also control for maternal demographics and household characteristics. Population Studied: Two cohorts of children born to mothers in the initial cohort of the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), a national household survey of high school students aged 14-22 in 1979. We follow 3,228 children aged 1-5 in 1987 and 2,737 children aged 1-5 in 1992, observing them through age 18-22 (Cohort 1) and 13-17 (Cohort 2). |
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Frank, Richard G. and Ellen Meara. "The Impact of Maternal Depression and Substance Abuse on Cognitive, Behavioral, and Educational Outcomes of Children." Presented: Washington, DC, AcademyHealth Research Conference, June 9-10, 2008. |