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Terzian MA, Moore KA, Constance N. 2014. Transitioning to adulthood: The role of supportive relationships and regular religious involvement. Bethesda, MD: Child Trends, 10 pp. (Research brief)

Annotation: This research brief presents findings from a study to assess the long-term implications of supportive relationships and religious involvement, by assessing whether young adults who reported having positive relationships with their parents, teachers, or friends or who reported weekly religious involvement when they were adolescents were more likely to later have lower-risk transitions to adulthood relative to young adults who had not reported these positive social connections as adolescents, even taking sociodemographic background and negative childhood experiences into account. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescents, Longitudinal studies, Relationships, Religion, Research, Risk factors, Social factors, Transitions, Young adults, Youth development

Duncan GJ, Kirkendall NJ, Citro CF, eds; National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. 2014. The National Children's Study 2014: An assessment. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 147 pp.

Annotation: This report presents findings from a Congressionally-mandated review of the design of the National Children's Main Study. Topics include the national probability sample's overall sample size and design, the use of hospitals and birthing centers as the primary sampling unit, relative size of the prenatal and birth strata in the probability sample, the size of the supplemental convenience sample, optimal use of sibling births, use of health care providers to refer prospective participants, proposed study visit schedule with emphasis on more frequent data collection in pregnancy and early childhood, proposed approach to assess health and developmental phenotypes, and proposed approach to define and characterize health disparities. Conclusions and recommendations, including information on logistical and resource constraints, are also provided.

Keywords: Longitudinal studies, MCH research, National initiatives, Research methodology, Research reviews

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. [2012]. The National Children's Study. Bethesda, MD: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development,

Annotation: This web site describes the National Children's Study, a study to examine the effects of environmental influences on the health and development of more than 100, 000 children in the United States, following them from birth through age 21. The goal of the study is to improve the health and well-being of children. The brochure provides an overview of the study, discusses what makes the study different from other U.S. health studies, explains how to get involved in the study, and provides contact information for more information about the study.

Keywords: Child development, Child health, Environmental influences, Longitudinal studies, Research

Chatterji P, Makowitz S, Brooks-Gunn J. 2011. Early maternal employment and family wellbeing. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 48 pp. (NBER working paper series no. 17212)

Annotation: This study examines the effects of maternal employment on family well-being, measured by maternal mental and overall health, parenting stress, and parenting quality. Using longitudinal data from the Study on Early Child Care (SECC) conducted by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the authors first estimate the effects of maternal employment on family outcomes when children are 6 months old and then use dynamic panel data models to examine the effects of maternal employment on family outcomes during the first 4.5 years of children’s lives. Detailed findings are presented in table format.

Keywords: Child health, Employment, Family health, Longitudinal studies, Mental health, Parenting, Research, Working mothers, Young children

Cobb-Clark DA, Tekin E. 2011. Fathers and youth's delinquent behavior. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 48 pp. (NBER working paper series no. 17507)

Annotation: This paper analyzes the relationship between having one or more father figures in a young person's life and the likelihood that he or she will engage in delinquent criminal behavior. The paper focuses on the distinctions between the roles of residential and non-residential, biological fathers as well as stepfathers, and reports on differences observed based on the presence or absence of a father figure and on the gender of the child. The data analyzed in the study comes from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health administered by the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Keywords: Adolescent behavior, Behavior development, Fathers, Juvenile delinquency, Longitudinal Research, Outcome evaluation, Parent child relations

Turney K. 2010. Labored love: Examining the link between maternal depression and parenting bahaviors. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, 36 pp. (Fragile Families working paper: 2010-02-FF)

Annotation: This working paper explores the link between maternal depression and parenting behavior using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (a joint effort by research centers at Columbia and Princeton Universities to collect data on a cohort of nearly 5, 000 at-risk children born between 1998 and 2,000). The paper compares the results of studies that have used different correlation models, pointing out why the findings might vary. Expanding on earlier research, the paper discusses the correlation between maternal depression and behaviors such as child neglect and parenting stress, focusing on marital status and other variables that might influence the affects of maternal depression on the well-being of children.

Keywords: At risk children, Behavior, Child health, Data analysis, Depression, Longitudinal studies, MCH research, Maternal health, Outcome evaluation, Parenting, Risk factors

Herbst CM, Tekin E. 2010. The impact of child care subsidies on child well-being: Evidence from geographic variation in the distance to social service agencies. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 59 pp. (NBER working paper series no. 16250)

Annotation: This paper examines how state and federal child care subsidies intended to move economically disadvantaged parents from welfare to work might impact the well-being of children. Using data from the Kindergarten cohort of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, the authors identify the relationships of child care subsidies with child development using the geographic variation in the distance that families must travel from home in order to reach the nearest social service agency that administers the subsidy application process as a factor. The authors posit that an unintended consequence of a child care subsidies that are conditional on parental employment might de-emphasize the importance of child care quality.

Keywords: Academic achievement, Behavior problems, Child care, Child welfare, Data, Early childhood development, Economic factors, High risk children, Longitudinal studies, Research, Unintentional, Welfare programs

National Institute of Mental Health. 2001. Teenage brain: A work in progress. Bethesda, MD: National Institute of Mental Health, 3 pp. (Fact sheet)

Sastry N, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Adams J, Pebley A. 2000. The design of a multilevel longitudinal survey of children, families, and communities: The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey. Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 22 pp.

Annotation: This paper describes the sampling design of the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Study, a new survey of children, families, and neighborhoods in Los Angeles County. The survey was designed explicitly to support multilevel studies on a number of topics in neighborhood influences, including child development, residential mobility, and welfare reform. The report highlights the main design and analytical considerations that shaped the study, as well as an in-depth statistical investigation of the survey's ability to support multilevel analyses.

Keywords: California, Children, Community surveys, Families, Longitudinal studies, Research design, Surveys

Chipman SS, Lilienfeld AM, Greenberg BG, Donnelly JF. 1966. Research methodology and needs in perinatal studies: Proceedings of the Conference on Research Methodology, and Needs in Perinatal Studies, held in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 309 pp.

   

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