Prevention moderates associations between family risks and youth catecholamine levels.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to establish, using a quasi-experimental design, whether 2 family risk factors, parental psychological dysfunction and nonsupportive parenting, during preadolescence could longitudinally predict elevated sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity 9 years later, and to determine whether participation in an efficacious family centered prevention program could moderate these associations if they emerged.

Method

Rural African American preadolescents (N = 476) were assigned randomly to the Strong African American Families (SAAF) program or to a control condition. When youths were 11 years of age (M = 11.2 years), primary caregivers provided data on their own depressive symptoms and self-esteem, and youths provided data on their receipt of no

SUBMITTER: Brody GH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4153795 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature