Testing the specificity of environmental risk factors for developmental outcomes.
Publication Date
2022-05Journal Title
Child Dev
ISSN
0009-3920
Publisher
Wiley
Language
en
Type
Article
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Bignardi, G., Dalmaijer, E. S., & Astle, D. E. (2022). Testing the specificity of environmental risk factors for developmental outcomes.. Child Dev https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13719
Abstract
Developmental theories often assume that specific environmental risks affect specific outcomes. Canonical Correlation Analysis was used to test whether 28 developmental outcomes (measured at 11-15 years) share the same early environmental risk factors (measured at 0-3 years), or whether specific outcomes are associated with specific risks. We used data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study (N = 10,376, 51% Female, 84% White) collected between 2001 and 2016. A single environment component was mostly sufficient for explaining cognition and parent-rated behavior outcomes. In contrast, adolescents' alcohol and tobacco use were specifically associated with their parents', and child-rated mental health was weakly associated with all risks. These findings suggest that with some exceptions, many different developmental outcomes share the same early environmental risk factors.
Keywords
EMPIRICAL ARTICLE, EMPIRICAL ARTICLES
Sponsorship
Medical Research Council (MC_UU_00005/2)
Identifiers
cdev13719
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13719
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/332075
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