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De Genna NM, Goldschmidt L, Richardson GA, Cornelius MD, Day NL. Prenatal exposure to tobacco and cannabis, early cannabis initiation, and daily dual use of combustible cigarettes and cannabis during young adulthood. Addict Behav 2021; 116:106820. [PMID: 33516042 PMCID: PMC7953574 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Daily combustible cigarette use is common among cannabis users, and dual use of cigarettes and cannabis is associated with detrimental outcomes. This study addresses gaps in the literature by examining data from the prenatal and adolescent phases of a prospective, longitudinal study to predict adult daily dual use. METHODS Young adult offspring (M age = 22.8 years, 53% female) from a prenatal cohort reported on combustible cigarette and cannabis use (N = 500, 58% Black, 42% White). Pathways to daily dual use were modeled using variables from the gestational and adolescent phases of the study including prenatal tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis exposures; ages at initiation of cigarettes and cannabis; and adolescent learning/memory, impulsivity, and behavior problems. RESULTS Prenatal cannabis and tobacco use were not directly linked to adult daily dual use of cannabis and tobacco. However, structural equation modeling revealed three significant indirect pathways from prenatal cigarette and cannabis exposures to adult daily dual use of cigarettes and cannabis via early cigarette initiation, early cannabis initiation, and adolescent behavior problems. CONCLUSIONS This study identified pathways from prenatal cannabis and tobacco exposure to adult daily dual use, in addition to clarifying adolescent outcomes that may be part of the pathways. In a climate of growing acceptance of cannabis use and increasing legalization of recreational use, these findings serve as a warning that early exposure to cannabis may have an important role in shaping long-term dual use of tobacco and cannabis.
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- Natacha M De Genna
- Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology in the Graduate School of Public Health, 3811 O'Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, 817 Bellefield Towers, 100 N. Bellefield Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15213, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology in the Graduate School of Public Health, 3811 O'Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology in the Graduate School of Public Health, 3811 O'Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology in the Graduate School of Public Health, 3811 O'Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Goldschmidt L, Richardson GA, De Genna NM, Cornelius MD, Day NL. Prenatal alcohol exposure and offspring alcohol use and misuse at 22 years of age: A prospective longitudinal study. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2018; 71:1-5. [PMID: 30399401 DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2018.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 11/02/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Studies have shown that prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) is related to drinking problems during adulthood, but the level of prenatal exposure associated with young adults' quantity and frequency of alcohol use and drinking problems has not yet been established. The relation between PAE and offspring levels of alcohol use and alcohol abuse/dependency was examined in 608 22-year-olds. Mothers were recruited in early pregnancy and maternal alcohol use data were collected for each trimester of pregnancy. The offspring were assessed at multiple phases from birth to young adulthood. The average daily volume of drinking was calculated based on a self-report questionnaire developed by the Maternal Health Practices and Child Development Project and alcohol abuse/dependence was assessed using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule-IV. Exposure to one or more drinks/day during the first trimester of pregnancy was significantly related to increased levels of drinking at 22 years of age, controlling for other predictors of alcohol use. PAE was also related to two or more symptoms of Alcohol Use Disorder, but not to a full diagnosis of young adult alcohol abuse/dependence. These results indicate that individuals exposed to as little as one drink per day during gestation are at risk of higher levels of drinking and more problems with alcohol by age 22.
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- Lidush Goldschmidt
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Program in Epidemiology, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America.
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America
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De Genna NM, Goldschmidt L, Richardson GA, Cornelius MD, Day NL. Trajectories of pre- and postnatal co-use of cannabis and tobacco predict co-use and drug use disorders in adult offspring. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2018; 70:10-17. [PMID: 30227199 PMCID: PMC6239951 DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2018.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Revised: 09/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Co-use of cannabis and tobacco is increasingly common among women and is associated with tobacco and cannabis dependence and poorer cessation outcomes. However, no study has examined maternal patterns of co-use over time, or the impact of maternal co-use on co-use and drug problems in adult offspring. Pregnant women (M age = 23, range = 18-42; 52% African American, 48% White) were asked about substance use during each trimester of pregnancy, and at 8 and 18 months, 3, 6, 10, 14, 16, and 22 years postpartum. We examined patterns of any maternal cigarette and cannabis use during pregnancy and the postpartum years. As young adults (M age = 22.8 years, range = 21-26), 603 offspring completed the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS). Growth mixture modeling (GMM) was used to identify four maternal trajectories through 16 years postpartum: (1) no co-use (66%), (2) decreasing co-use (16%), (3) postpartum-only co-use (11%), and (4) chronic co-use (7%). Offspring whose mothers were in the decreasing co-use group (co-users primarily during prenatal and preschool periods) were more likely to be co-users than the offspring of non-co-users. Offspring whose mothers were chronic co-users of cigarettes and cannabis were more than twice as likely to have a drug use disorder than young adults whose mothers were not co-users. The results of this study highlight the heterogeneity in maternal co-use of tobacco and cannabis over time, with some women quitting during pregnancy but resuming co-use in the postpartum, and other women co-using during pregnancy but desisting co-use over time. Maternal trajectories of co-use were associated with inter-generational transfer of risk for substance use and dependence in adult offspring.
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- Natacha M De Genna
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC), 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC), 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC), 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC), 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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De Genna NM, Richardson GA, Goldschmidt L, Day NL, Cornelius MD. Prenatal exposures to tobacco and cannabis: Associations with adult electronic cigarette use. Drug Alcohol Depend 2018; 188:209-215. [PMID: 29778775 PMCID: PMC6038701 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.03.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Prenatal exposures to tobacco and cannabis are associated with combustible cigarette use. This study evaluated pathways from these prenatal exposures to adult electronic cigarette use. We tested whether there were indirect effects of these prenatal exposures via childhood behavior dysregulation, early tobacco use, and adolescent tobacco dependence. METHODS Telephone interviews were conducted with 427 adult offspring (22-33 years old) from 3 prenatal cohorts with trimester-specific data on exposures to tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis. The offspring were 59% Black and 41% White (61% female). Prenatal exposures included quantity/frequency of tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use by mothers during the first trimester. Using logistic regression and structural equation modeling, we examined the effects of gestational exposures on adult electronic cigarette use via early cigarette use (prior to age 14), controlling for covariates of combustible and electronic cigarette use. RESULTS There were no effects of childhood behavioral dysregulation on electronic cigarette use. However, there was a significant indirect effect of prenatal exposures to tobacco and cannabis on electronic cigarette use via early adolescent combustible cigarette use and adolescent risk for tobacco dependence. CONCLUSIONS One implication of these findings is that the inter-generational risk for tobacco use conferred via gestational exposures to tobacco and cannabis generalizes to novel products such as electronic cigarettes. These results have implications for public health, as more women use cannabis and co-use cigarettes and cannabis during pregnancy.
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- Natacha M De Genna
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC), 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC), 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
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- Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC), 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC), 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
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De Genna NM, Goldschmidt L, Marshal M, Day NL, Cornelius MD. Maternal Age and Trajectories of Risky Alcohol Use: A Prospective Study. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2017; 41:1725-1730. [PMID: 28835001 PMCID: PMC5678932 DOI: 10.1111/acer.13451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND No prospective study of maternal alcohol use has focused on age at transition to motherhood as a predictor of trajectories of risky drinking. The goal of this study was to examine the impact of maternal age at first birth on trajectories of alcohol use beyond recommended levels over a 17-year span. METHODS Pregnant women (N = 456) were recruited at an urban prenatal clinic. The women (13 to 42 years old; 64% African American, 36% White) were interviewed about alcohol use during pregnancy and at 6, 10, 14, and 16 years postpartum. Growth mixture modeling (GMM) was used to identify trajectories of risky drinking. Maternal age at first birth was then regressed onto trajectory class membership. RESULTS The GMM on maternal alcohol use identified 3 groups of mothers as a function of alcohol use before, during, and after the pregnancy. The majority of mothers (66%) were identified as having low-risk trajectories of alcohol use over the 17-year span. However, 2 groups were in the higher-risk categories, with 23% identified as being in a long-term high-risk trajectory, and 11% in a short-term high-risk trajectory group. Maternal age at first birth predicted membership in a high-risk group: Younger mothers were more likely to be classified into a long-term high-risk alcohol use group. CONCLUSIONS Younger mothers were more likely to engage in risky drinking early in pregnancy, continuing 6 to 14 years postpartum. These results can help physicians target mothers who are likely to exceed current NIAAA guidelines of abstinence during pregnancy, and no more than 7 drinks per week in the postpartum.
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De Genna NM, Goldschmidt L, Day NL, Cornelius MD. Prenatal tobacco exposure, maternal postnatal nicotine dependence and adolescent risk for nicotine dependence: Birth cohort study. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2017; 61:128-132. [PMID: 28242457 DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2017.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Revised: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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AIMS The goals of this study are to determine if there is (a) a threshold effect for prenatal tobacco exposure (PTE) on adolescent risk for nicotine dependence, and (b) an additive effect of PTE and maternal postnatal nicotine dependence on adolescent risk for nicotine dependence. METHODS Pregnant women were recruited in their 4th or 5th gestational month and asked about cigarette use during the first trimester. Mothers reported on third trimester cigarette use at delivery. Sixteen years post-partum, mothers and offspring reported on current levels of cigarette use (N=784). Nicotine dependence was assessed in both using a modified Fagerström questionnaire. RESULTS Based on the results of a threshold analysis for PTE, four groups were created: threshold PTE only (10+ cigarettes per day), maternal nicotine postnatal dependence with no-low PTE (0-<10 cigarettes per day), threshold PTE+maternal postnatal nicotine dependence, and a referent group with no-low PTE and no maternal postnatal nicotine dependence. Adolescents in the PTE-only group and the PTE+maternal postnatal nicotine dependence group were significantly more likely to be at risk for nicotine dependence than the offspring from the referent group. However, there was no evidence for an additive effect of maternal postnatal nicotine dependence, and maternal nicotine dependence was not a significant predictor of adolescent risk for nicotine dependence in regression models including prenatal tobacco exposure. CONCLUSIONS Bivariate analysis revealed a threshold effect for PTE of 10 cigarettes per day. In multivariate analysis, PTE remained significantly related to risk for offspring nicotine dependence, after controlling for maternal postnatal nicotine dependence and other covariates associated with adolescent cigarette use.
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- Natacha M De Genna
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Program in Epidemiology, 817 Bellefield Tower, 100 North Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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De Genna NM, Goldschmidt L, Day NL, Cornelius MD. Maternal trajectories of cigarette use as a function of maternal age and race. Addict Behav 2017; 65:33-39. [PMID: 27716477 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2016] [Revised: 08/19/2016] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patterns of smoking vary as a function of age and race. The goals of this study were to identify trajectories of maternal cigarette use over a 17-year span, and to determine if maternal age at first birth and race were associated with smoking trajectories. METHODS Pregnant women (N=690) were recruited at an urban prenatal clinic. The women (13-42years old; 62% African-American, 38% White) were interviewed about cigarette use during pregnancy and 6, 10, 14, and 16years postpartum. Growth mixture modeling (GMM) was used to identify trajectories. Regressions were used to determine if maternal age at first birth and race predicted trajectory class membership. RESULTS A GMM of maternal cigarette use delineated 5 groups: none/unlikely to use (33%), decreasing likelihood of use (6%), late desistance (5%), increasing likelihood of use (17%), and chronic use (39%). Women who became mothers at a younger age were more likely to be classified as late desisters or increasingly likely to smoke. White mothers were more likely to be chronic smokers. Different smoking trajectories and predictors of trajectories were identified for the African-American and White mothers. Covariates including prenatal substance use, hostility, education, and economic hardship also differentiated smoking trajectories. CONCLUSIONS Both prevention and treatment of smoking should be targeted to specific groups by age of first pregnancy and race. Pregnant smokers should be provided with more information and resources to help them avoid cigarettes during pregnancy and maintain abstinence after pregnancy.
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- Natacha Marie De Genna
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Adverse conditions, including exposures to drugs and other environmental influences during early development, may affect behaviors later in life. This study examined the role of environmental influences from the gestation and childhood on adolescent drinking behavior. 917 mother/offspring dyads were followed prospectively from pregnancy to a 16-year follow-up assessment. Interim assessments occurred at delivery, 6, 10, and 14 years. Prenatal exposures to alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana were measured during gestation. Data were collected at each phase on childhood environment, including parenting practices, quality of the home environment, maternal depression and hostility, and lifetime exposure to child maltreatment and community violence. Alcohol outcomes were offspring age of drinking initiation and level of drinking at age 16 years. Cox Proportional Hazards ratios were used to model offspring age of drinking initiation. Logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate significant predictors of drinking level. Childhood environment, including less parental strictness, greater exposure to violence and childhood maltreatment, significantly predicted earlier age of alcohol initiation. Level of drinking among the adolescent offspring was significantly predicted by prenatal exposure to alcohol, less parental strictness, and exposures to maltreatment and violence during childhood. Whites and offspring with older mothers were more likely to initiate alcohol use early and drink at higher levels. Early and heavier alcohol use was associated with early exposures to adversity such as prenatal alcohol exposure, and child exposures to maltreatment and violence. These results highlight the importance of environmental adversity and less effective parenting practices on the development of adolescent drinking behavior.
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- Marie D Cornelius
- a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA
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- a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA
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- b University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA
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- a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA
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- a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA
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Jones KA, Cornelius MD, Silverman JG, Tancredi DJ, Decker MR, Haggerty CL, De Genna NM, Miller E. Abusive Experiences and Young Women's Sexual Health Outcomes: Is Condom Negotiation Self-Efficacy a Mediator? Perspect Sex Reprod Health 2016; 48:57-64. [PMID: 27077497 PMCID: PMC4909564 DOI: 10.1363/48e8616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2015] [Revised: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/20/2015] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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CONTEXT Intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion are associated with unintended pregnancies and STDs. Greater condom negotiation self-efficacy among young women may mediate these associations. METHODS A sample of 841 female adolescents (aged 16-19) and 1,387 young adult women (aged 20-24) recruited from 24 family planning clinics in western Pennsylvania in 2011-2012 reported on intimate partner violence, reproductive coercion, condom negotiation self-efficacy and sexual health outcomes at baseline and four- and 12-month follow-ups. Mixed models were used to test associations of intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion with unintended pregnancy and STD diagnosis. The Sobel test of mediation was used to measure indirect effects of condom negotiation self-efficacy. RESULTS At baseline, 15% of adolescents and 11% of young adults reported recent intimate partner violence victimization; 7% and 6%, respectively, reported recent reproductive coercion. For both age-groups, intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion were associated with a reduced level of condom negotiation self-efficacy (coefficients, -0.27 to -0.13) and increased odds of STD diagnosis (odds ratios, 1.03-1.1). However, only reproductive coercion was associated with unintended pregnancy (odds ratios, 1.1 for each group). The only association that condom negotiation self-efficacy mediated was between reproductive coercion and unintended pregnancy among young adults (17% of total effect). CONCLUSIONS Targeting condom negotiation self-efficacy alone in abusive relationships would likely not translate into improved sexual health outcomes in this population. Other strategies are needed to prevent unintended pregnancy and STDs.
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- Kelley A Jones
- Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh.
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
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- Division of Global Public Health, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA
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- Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore
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- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
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Cornelius MD, De Genna NM, Goldschmidt L, Larkby C, Day NL. Prenatal alcohol and other early childhood adverse exposures: Direct and indirect pathways to adolescent drinking. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2016; 55:8-15. [PMID: 26994529 DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2016.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Revised: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 03/11/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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We examined direct and indirect pathways between adverse environmental exposures during gestation and childhood and drinking in mid-adolescence. Mothers and their offspring (n=917 mother/child dyads) were followed prospectively from second trimester to a 16-year follow-up assessment. Interim assessments occurred at delivery, 6, 10, and 14years. Adverse environmental factors included gestational exposures to alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana, exposures to childhood maltreatment and violence, maternal psychological symptoms, parenting practices, economic and home environments, and demographic characteristics of the mother and child. Indirect effects of early child behavioral characteristics including externalizing, internalizing activity, attention, and impulsivity were also examined. Polytomous logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate direct effects of adverse environmental exposures with level of adolescent drinking. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied to simultaneously estimate the relation between early adversity variables, childhood characteristics, and drinking level at age 16 while controlling for significant covariates. Level of drinking among the adolescent offspring was directly predicted by prenatal exposure to alcohol, less parental strictness, and exposures to maltreatment and violence during childhood. Whites and offspring with older mothers were more likely to drink at higher levels. There was a significant indirect effect between childhood exposure to violence and adolescent drinking via childhood externalizing behavior problems. All other hypothesized indirect pathways were not significant. Thus most of the early adversity measures directly predicted adolescent drinking and did not operate via childhood behavioral dysregulation characteristics. These results highlight the importance of adverse environmental exposures on pathways to adolescent drinking.
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- Marie D Cornelius
- University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, United States.
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- University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, United States
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- University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, United States
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- University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, United States
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Hardaway CR, Sterrett-Hong E, Larkby CA, Cornelius MD. Family Resources as Protective Factors for Low-Income Youth Exposed to Community Violence. J Youth Adolesc 2016; 45:1309-22. [PMID: 26748921 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-015-0410-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 12/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Exposure to community violence is a risk factor for internalizing and externalizing problems; however, resources within the family can decrease the likelihood that adolescents will experience internalizing and externalizing problems as a result of such exposure. This study investigates the potential moderating effects of kinship support (i.e., emotional and tangible support from extended family) and parental involvement on the relation between exposure to community violence (i.e., witnessing violence and violent victimization) and socioemotional adjustment (i.e., internalizing and externalizing problems) in low-income adolescents. The sample included 312 (50 % female; 71 % African American and 29 % White) low-income youth who participated in a longitudinal investigation when adolescents were age 14 (M age = 14.49 years) and again when they were 16 (M age = 16.49 years). Exposure to community violence at age 14 was related to more internalizing and externalizing problems at age 16. High levels of kinship support and parental involvement appeared to function as protective factors, weakening the association between exposure to violence and externalizing problems. Contrary to prediction, none of the hypothesized protective factors moderated the association between exposure to violence and internalizing problems. The results from this study suggest that both kinship support and parental involvement help buffer adolescents from externalizing problems that are associated with exposure to community violence.
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- Cecily R Hardaway
- Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Box 90989, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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De Genna NM, Goldschmidt L, Day NL, Cornelius MD. Prenatal and Postnatal Maternal Trajectories of Cigarette Use Predict Adolescent Cigarette Use. Nicotine Tob Res 2015; 18:988-92. [PMID: 26712844 DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntv269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2015] [Accepted: 12/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The goal of this study was to identify maternal patterns of prenatal and postnatal cigarette smoking associated with adolescent smoking. We hypothesized that maternal use at multiple time points, especially at later assessments when the offspring were adolescents, would predict offspring use. METHODS Pregnant women (N = 456: ages 13-42) were recruited from a prenatal clinic and interviewed during pregnancy and at delivery, providing data on cigarette use (any/none) for the first and third trimesters. Mothers were re-assessed at 6, 10, 14, and 16 years postpartum. Offspring reported cigarette use at age 16. Covariates included maternal race, age, education, family income, child age, parenting behavior, and other maternal and child substance use. RESULTS A growth mixture model revealed five patterns of tobacco use: infrequent/nonuse (39%), postpartum quitters (5%), later quitters (7%), increasing likelihood of being smokers (17%), and chronic users (32%). Offspring of postpartum quitters and the increasing likelihood of being smokers groups were more likely to use cigarettes, compared to adolescents of mothers from the infrequent/nonuse group, controlling for significant covariates. CONCLUSIONS This is the first study to examine trajectories of maternal cigarette use from pregnancy to 16 years postpartum, linking prenatal and postnatal patterns of maternal use to use in adolescent offspring. Our findings highlight the risk associated with prenatal exposure, because mothers who used during pregnancy but quit by 6 years postpartum still had offspring who were 3.5 times more likely to smoke than non/infrequent users. IMPLICATIONS This is the first study to examine trajectories of maternal cigarette use from the prenatal period to 16 years postpartum, and to link prenatal and postnatal patterns of use to use in adolescent offspring. We identified two long-term patterns of maternal cigarette use that were associated with offspring smoking at age 16, including one where offspring were exposed prenatally, but much less likely to be exposed to maternal cigarette use postpartum. Our findings highlight the risk associated with prenatal exposures for cigarette use in offspring, even if mothers quit in the postpartum.
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- Natacha M De Genna
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA;
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- Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Departments of Psychiatry, Epidemiology, and Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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BACKGROUND Becoming a mother is a developmental transition that has been linked to desistance from substance use. However, timing of motherhood may be a key determinant of cannabis use in women, based on preliminary evidence from teenage mothers. The goal of this study was to identify trajectories of maternal cannabis use, and to determine if maternal age was associated with different trajectories of use. METHODS This prospective study examined 456 pregnant women recruited at a prenatal clinic, ranging in age from 13 to 42 years. The women were interviewed about their cannabis use 1 year prior to pregnancy and during each trimester of pregnancy, and at 6, 10, 14, and 16 years post-partum. RESULTS A growth mixture model of cannabis use reported at each time point clearly delineated four groups: non/unlikely to use, decreasing likelihood of use, late desistance, and increasing likelihood/chronic use (Lo-Mendell-Rubin adjusted LRT test statistic=35.7, p<.001). The youngest mothers were least likely to be in the "non/unlikely to use" group. Younger maternal age also differentiated between late desistance and increasing likelihood/chronic use, versus decreasing likelihood of use post-partum. CONCLUSIONS This is the first study to demonstrate that younger mothers are more likely to use cannabis across 17 years, including later desistance post-partum and increasing/chronic use. Other substance use and chronic depressive symptoms were also associated with more frequent use. These findings have implications for both prevention and treatment of cannabis use in mothers.
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- Natacha M De Genna
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- Departments of Psychiatry, Epidemiology, Pediatrics, and Occupational Therapy, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Purpose A longitudinal cohort of adolescents who initiated drinking before age 15 were studied to determine which factors distinguished between early initiators who continued to drink (persisters) from those who stopped drinking (desisters). There were 308 early initiators in the total sample (n = 917); 247 were persisters, and 61 were desisters. Method A stepwise discriminant analysis identified differences between the two groups. Considered risk/protective factors were parenting practices, peer drinking, child and maternal depression, child behavior, prenatal alcohol exposure, home environment, and demographic factors. Results Desistence was significantly related to African American race and more parental strictness. Exposure to ≥1 drink/day during pregnancy and high levels of autonomy from parents were significant predictors of persistent drinking. Conclusions Early initiation places adolescents at risk for continued and heavier drinking. Identifying characteristics of those who start early but do or do not continue drinking can inform education programs to better target the most appropriate adolescents.
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Teenage mothers are more likely to use drugs, and their children are more likely to use substances and become pregnant during adolescence. Teenage mothers' substance use may play a role in the intergenerational risk for adolescent pregnancy. Pregnant adolescents (12-18 years) were seen during pregnancy and postnatal years 6, 10, 14, and 16 (n = 332). Teenage mothers reported on substance use and family characteristics. The offspring reported substance use (starting at age 10) and sexual behavior (ages 14 and 16). Prenatal alcohol exposure was associated with offspring (a) having a risky first sex partner and (b) multiple sex partners in the past year. Heavy maternal drinking during childhood was associated with offspring reports of a risky first sex partner and early teenage pregnancy. Findings from this unique birth cohort have implications for alcohol prevention efforts with girls during and after a teenage pregnancy and interventions to prevent risky sex in high-risk youth.
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- Natacha M De Genna
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Hardaway CR, Larkby CA, Cornelius MD. Socioemotional Adjustment as a Mediator of the Association between Exposure to Community Violence and Academic Performance in Low-Income Adolescents. Psychol Violence 2014; 4:281-293. [PMID: 25485167 PMCID: PMC4254779 DOI: 10.1037/a0036375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study examines whether exposure to community violence is indirectly related to academic performance through anxious/depressed symptoms and delinquent behaviors. METHODS Three hundred eighteen mothers and adolescents who participated in a longitudinal investigation were interviewed when adolescents were age 10, 14, and 16. RESULTS Community violence exposure at age 14 was significantly related to anxious/depressed symptoms and delinquent behaviors. Delinquent behaviors (but not anxious/depressed symptoms) were significantly associated with academic performance at age 16. Exposure to community violence was indirectly related to academic performance through delinquent behaviors. There was no significant indirect effect of exposure to community violence on academic performance through anxious/depressed symptoms. Covariates included sociodemographics and exposure to child abuse. Age 10 anxious/depressed symptoms, age 10 delinquent behaviors, and age 14 academic performance were also included in the model to control for preexisting differences in socioemotional adjustment and academic performance. CONCLUSIONS Results suggest that exposure to community violence may initiate a cascade of problems that spread from behavior problems to declines in academic performance. Our results highlight the need for schools to consider exposure to community violence as one form of trauma and to transform in ways that make them more trauma-sensitive. The use of trauma-sensitive practices that address the effects of violence exposure on youth may help limit the progression of adverse effects from delinquent behavior to other domains of functioning.
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
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Cornelius MD. People with schizophrenia are more likely to have a mother who smoked during pregnancy than people without the condition. Evid Based Nurs 2013; 17:80. [PMID: 24257911 DOI: 10.1136/eb-2013-101549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Marie D Cornelius
- Department of Psychiatry and Epidemiology, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Hardaway CR, Cornelius MD. Economic hardship and adolescent problem drinking: family processes as mediating influences. J Youth Adolesc 2013; 43:1191-202. [PMID: 24248327 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-0063-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2013] [Accepted: 11/08/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Alcohol is the most commonly used substance among adolescents in the United States, and adolescent drinking is associated with various health risk behaviors. Given the prevalence and consequences of adolescent drinking, understanding family factors that contribute to adolescent drinking is an important area for research. This study used three waves of data to evaluate a family stress model in which economic hardship is indirectly related to adolescent problem drinking through maternal psychological distress, parenting behaviors, and adolescent externalizing behaviors. Respondents included 300 mothers (71 % Black, 29 % White) and adolescents (51 % male) who were interviewed when adolescents were ages 10, 14, and 16. Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesized model and findings supported our hypothesized model. Economic hardship was positively related to maternal psychological distress. Maternal psychological distress was negatively associated with supportive parenting, which in turn was negatively associated with externalizing problems. Externalizing problems were positively associated with problem drinking. In support of our hypothesis regarding indirect effects, economic hardship was indirectly related to problem drinking through maternal psychological distress, parenting behaviors, and adolescent externalizing problems. The findings from this study highlight the role of family processes in adolescent problem drinking.
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- Cecily R Hardaway
- Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Box 90989, Durham, NC, 27708, USA,
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Cornelius MD, Goldschmidt L, Day NL. Prenatal cigarette smoking: Long-term effects on young adult behavior problems and smoking behavior. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2012; 34:554-9. [PMID: 23000289 DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2012.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2012] [Revised: 09/05/2012] [Accepted: 09/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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We examined the long-term effects of prenatal cigarette smoke exposure (PCSE) on the behavior problems and smoking behavior of 22-year-old offspring. The mothers of these offspring were interviewed about their tobacco and other drug use during pregnancy at the fourth and seventh gestational months, and at delivery. Data on the offspring are from interviews at age 22 (n=608). Behavior problems were measured by the Adult Self-Report (ASR) with the following outcome scales: total behavior problems, externalizing, internalizing, attention, anxiety/depression, withdrawn, thought, intrusive, aggression, somatic and rule breaking behavioral problems. Young adult smoking behavior was measured using self-reported average daily cigarettes, and was validated with urine cotinine. Nicotine dependence was measured with the Fagerström Tobacco and Nicotine Dependence (FTND) scale. Regression analyses tested the relations between trimester-specific PCSE and young adult's behavioral problems and smoking behavior, adjusting for demographic and maternal psychological characteristics, and other prenatal substance exposures. Exposed young adults had significantly higher scores on the externalizing, internalizing, aggression, and somatic scales of the ASR. These young adults were also more likely to have a history of arrests. Young adults with PCSE also had a higher rate of smoking and nicotine dependence. Our previous findings of the relations between PCSE and aggressive behavior in early childhood and PCSE and smoking behavior in early adolescence extend into young adulthood.
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- Marie D Cornelius
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA.
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Cornelius MD, Goldschmidt L, De Genna NM, Larkby C. Long-term effects of prenatal cigarette smoke exposure on behavior dysregulation among 14-year-old offspring of teenage mothers. Matern Child Health J 2012; 16:694-705. [PMID: 21380771 PMCID: PMC3160522 DOI: 10.1007/s10995-011-0766-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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In this prospective study, we examined the long-term effects of prenatal cigarette smoke exposure (PCSE) on behavioral dysregulation (BD) in the offspring of adolescent mothers. The adolescent mothers (mean age = 16; range = 12-18; 70% African American) were interviewed about their tobacco use during pregnancy. Offspring were followed to age 14 years (n = 318). Indices of BD outcomes included aggression, rule breaking, externalizing, social problems, attention, distractibility and activity. Multiple measures and multiple informants were used for each construct. Regression analyses were conducted to test if PCSE predicted the BD outcomes, adjusting for demographic and maternal psychological characteristics, and for prenatal exposure to other substances. Independent effects of PCSE were found. Exposed offspring had more aggressive, social, and externalizing problems on both the maternal report and the adolescent self-report measures. They were more active, had more attention problems and greater difficulty with distraction and task orientation. Most PCSE effects were found from first trimester exposure and from exposure to as few as 10 cigarettes per day. These results are consistent with previous findings in this cohort when offspring were 6 and 10 years old, demonstrating that the effects of prenatal cigarette smoke exposure can be identified early and persist into adolescence.
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- Marie D Cornelius
- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, WPIC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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INTRODUCTION Earlier studies have shown a relation between prenatal cigarette smoke exposure (PCSE) and offspring initiation of tobacco use. No prior study has examined the association between PCSE and early initiation of multiple substances (EIMS) including marijuana and alcohol in addition to tobacco. We investigated the association between PCSE and multiple substance use during adolescence. METHODS Pregnant women attending an urban prenatal clinic were selected to participate in the prospective longitudinal study based on their substance use. This study is based on the 16-year follow-up phase and consists of 579 mother-offspring dyads. The women were of lower socioeconomic status, 54% were Black, and 53% reported smoking cigarettes. 52% of the offspring were female. EIMS is a measure of the number of substances initiated prior to age 16 by the adolescents; it ranged from 0 (no initiation, N = 166) to 3 (all, N = 162). RESULTS Adolescents exposed to tobacco during first trimester of gestation were 1.4 times more likely to initiate multiple substances by age 16 than the nonexposed group. PCSE was a significant predictor of EIMS after controlling for other prenatal exposures, home environment, and demographic characteristics, using ordinal polytomous logistic regression. Other risk factors of EIMS were maternal and adolescent depression, less strict and less involved parenting, offspring attention problems, and lack of participation in a youth club. CONCLUSIONS There is a significant relation between PCSE and adolescent's EIMS.
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- Lidush Goldschmidt
- Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2593, USA.
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De Genna NM, Larkby C, Cornelius MD. Pubertal timing and early sexual intercourse in the offspring of teenage mothers. J Youth Adolesc 2011; 40:1315-28. [PMID: 21279428 PMCID: PMC3117920 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9609-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2010] [Accepted: 11/09/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Early puberty is associated with stressful family environments, early sexual intercourse, and teenage pregnancy. We examined pubertal timing and sexual debut among the 14-year-old offspring of teenage mothers. Mothers (71% Black, 29% White) were recruited as pregnant teenagers (12-18 years old). Data were collected during pregnancy and when offspring were 6, 10 and 14 years old (n = 318). Adolescents (50% male) compared the timing of their pubertal maturation to same-sex peers. There was a significant 3-way interaction effect of race, sex, and pubertal timing on sexual debut (n = 305). This effect remained significant in a model controlling for maternal age at first intercourse, substance use, exposure to trauma, authoritative parenting, and peer sexual activity (n = 255). Early maturation was associated with early sex in daughters, and may be one pathway for the inter-generational transfer of risk for teenage pregnancy among daughters of teenage mothers.
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- Natacha M. De Genna
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Program in Epidemiology, Suite 138, Webster Hall, 4415 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA, ; Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA, ; Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA;
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Cornelius MD, De Genna NM, Leech SL, Willford JA, Goldschmidt L, Day NL. Effects of prenatal cigarette smoke exposure on neurobehavioral outcomes in 10-year-old children of adolescent mothers. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2011; 33:137-44. [PMID: 21256428 PMCID: PMC3058878 DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2010.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2009] [Revised: 05/28/2010] [Accepted: 08/19/2010] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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In this prospective study, adolescent mothers (mean age=16; range=12-18; 70% African-American) were interviewed about their tobacco use during pregnancy. When their children were ten, mothers reported on their child's behavior and the children completed a neuropsychological battery. We examined the association between prenatal cigarette smoke exposure (PCSE) and offspring neurobehavioral outcomes on data from the 10-year phase (n=330). Multivariate regression analyses were conducted to test if PCSE predicted neurobehavioral outcomes, adjusting for demographic characteristics, maternal psychological characteristics, prenatal exposure to other substances, and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. Independent effects of PCSE were found. Exposed offspring had more delinquent, aggressive, and externalizing behaviors (CBCL). They were more active (Routh, EAS, and SNAP) and impulsive (SNAP) and had more problems with peers (SNAP). On the Stroop test, deficits were observed on the more complex interference task that requires both selective attention and response inhibition. The significant effects of PCSE on neurobehavioral outcomes were found for exposure to as few as 10 cigarettes per day. Most effects were found from first trimester PCSE exposure. These results are consistent with results from an earlier assessment when the children were age 6, demonstrating that the effects of prenatal tobacco exposure can be identified early and are consistent through middle childhood.
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- Marie D Cornelius
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Brigham J, Lessov-Schlaggar CN, Javitz HS, Krasnow RE, Tildesley E, Andrews J, Hops H, Cornelius MD, Day NL, McElroy M, Swan GE. Validity of recall of tobacco use in two prospective cohorts. Am J Epidemiol 2010; 172:828-35. [PMID: 20720099 PMCID: PMC2945825 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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This project studied the convergent validity of current recall of tobacco-related health behaviors, compared with prospective self-report collected earlier at two sites. Cohorts were from the Oregon Research Institute at Eugene (N = 346, collected 19.5 years earlier) and the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (N = 294, collected 3.9 years earlier). Current recall was examined through computer-assisted interviews with the Lifetime Tobacco Use Questionnaire from 2005 through 2008. Convergent validity estimates demonstrated variability. Validity estimates of some tobacco use measures were significant for Oregon subjects (age at first cigarette, number of cigarettes/day, quit attempts yes/no and number of attempts, and abstinence symptoms at quitting; all P < 0.03). Validity estimates of Pittsburgh subjects’ self-reports of tobacco use and abstinence symptoms were significant (P < 0.001) for all tobacco use and abstinence symptoms and for responses to initial use of tobacco. These findings support the utility of collecting recalled self-report information for reconstructing salient lifetime health behaviors and underscore the need for careful interpretation.
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- Janet Brigham
- Center for Health Sciences, SRI International, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
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Cornelius MD, Goldschmidt L, De Genna NM, Richardson GA, Leech SL, Day R. Improvement in intelligence test scores from 6 to 10 years in children of teenage mothers. J Dev Behav Pediatr 2010; 31:405-13. [PMID: 20495472 PMCID: PMC2888273 DOI: 10.1097/dbp.0b013e3181e121d2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study investigates change in IQ scores among 290 children born to teenage mothers and identifies social, economic, and environmental variables that may be associated with change in intelligence test performance. METHODS The children of 290 teenage mothers (72% African-American and 28% European American) were assessed with the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale-4th Edition at ages 6 and 10. RESULTS The mean composite score at age 6 was 84.8 and 91.2 at age 10, an improvement of 6.4 points. Significant cross-sectional predictors at both ages 6 and 10 of higher Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale scores were maternal cognitive ability, school grade, white ethnicity, and caregiver education. Having more children in the household significantly predicted lower Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale scores at age 6. Higher satisfaction with maternal social support predicted higher Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale scores at age 10. Change in IQ scores was not related to maternal socioeconomic status, social support, home environment, ethnicity, or family interactions. Custodial stability was associated with an improvement in IQ scores, whereas increase in caregiver depression was related to decline in IQ scores. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that improvement in IQ scores of offspring of teenage mothers may be related to stability of maternal custody. More research is needed to determine the impact of the maturation of adolescent mothers' parenting and the role of early education on improvement in cognitive abilities.
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- Marie D. Cornelius
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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De Genna NM, Cornelius MD, Donovan JE. Risk factors for young adult substance use among women who were teenage mothers. Addict Behav 2009; 34:463-70. [PMID: 19179015 PMCID: PMC2649997 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2008] [Revised: 12/19/2008] [Accepted: 12/31/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Teenage mothers may not "mature out" of substance use during young adulthood, and this non-normative trajectory of use may contribute to negative outcomes for teenage mothers and their offspring. Pregnant teenagers (age range=12-18 years; 68% Black) were recruited from a prenatal clinic and interviewed about their substance use, and subsequently re-interviewed six and ten years later (n=292). Consistent with the literature, early tobacco and marijuana use were risk factors for young adult use. Other substance use, peer adolescent use and mental health indicators were more important than race and socioeconomic status (SES) in determining which teenage mothers would use tobacco, engage in binge drinking, and use marijuana as young adults. However, race and SES were significant predictors of quitting tobacco use and marijuana use by the 10-year follow-up. Depression was associated with both persistent tobacco use and marijuana use in teenage mothers. These results illustrate the long-term consequences of teenage childbearing and identify modifiable risk factors for later health risks that should be addressed among younger mothers.
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- Natacha M De Genna
- University of Pittsburgh and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Program in Epidemiology Suite 138 - Webster Hall, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 4415 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This paper reviews results from published, in press, and conference proceedings from 2007 and 2008 that link in-utero tobacco exposure to neurodevelopmental outcomes in exposed offspring. RECENT FINDINGS Prenatal tobacco exposure (PTE) affected speech processing, levels of irritability and hypertonicity, attention levels, ability to self-regulate, need to be handled, and response to novelty preference in infants. In early childhood, PTE effects were mostly behavioral outcomes including activity and inattention and externalizing behaviors, including conduct disorder and antisocial behavior. In adolescents, PTE predicted increased attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, modulation of the cerebral cortex and white matter structure, and nicotine addiction. Several studies found moderating effects with PTE and genetic susceptibilities including dopamine transporter, serotonergic synaptic function, and monomine oxidase pathways. Other studies suggested that environmental and genetic factors might be more important than the direct teratological effects of PTE. SUMMARY The majority of studies reviewed were prospective and tobacco exposure was quantified biologically. Most demonstrated a direct association between PTE and neurodevelopmental outcomes. More work is needed to examine multifactorial influences. Effects of PTE on the offspring appear to be moderated by genetic variability, neurobehavioral disinhibition, and sex.
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- Marie D Cornelius
- Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Cornelius MD, Goldschmidt L, Willford JA, Leech SL, Larkby C, Day NL. Body size and intelligence in 6-year-olds: are offspring of teenage mothers at risk? Matern Child Health J 2008; 13:847-56. [PMID: 18683038 DOI: 10.1007/s10995-008-0399-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2008] [Accepted: 07/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Children born to teenage mothers are at risk for more physical and cognitive problems than those born to adult mothers. Our objective was to examine differences in size and intelligence between two cohorts of offspring born to adolescent (n = 357) and adult mothers (n = 668) who attended the same prenatal clinic. METHODS Two prospective study cohorts assessed children from gestation through age 6 years. The adult cohort was studied in the mid-1980's and the teen cohort was evaluated in the mid-1990's. Both samples were of low socio-economic status. The same study design and measures allowed us to adjust for the covariates of size and IQ. RESULTS Offspring of adolescent mothers had a significantly smaller mean head circumference (5 mm) (HC) and higher body mass index (BMI) than offspring of adult mothers. Offspring of adolescent mothers scored significantly lower than the offspring of adult mothers on the Stanford-Binet (SBIS) composite score (4 points), and the quantitative (6.2 points), verbal reasoning (4.8 points), and short-term memory (3.9 points) area scores. Additional predictors of child IQ were maternal IQ, home environment, race, and number of siblings. When child HC was entered into our final regression model for the SBIS, maternal age and HC significantly predicted the composite score, the verbal reasoning, and short-term memory area scores. A 1 cm decrease in HC predicted a 1 point decrease in the SBIS composite score. CONCLUSIONS Compared to offspring of adult women, children of adolescent mothers have lower mean scores on cognitive measures, smaller head circumference, and higher BMI. These differences were significant after adjusting for differences between the two groups. Adolescent mothers and their children would benefit from interventions such as parenting support, education about nutritional needs, and advice on enriching the environments of their children.
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- Marie D Cornelius
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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De Genna NM, Cornelius MD, Cook RL. Marijuana use and sexually transmitted infections in young women who were teenage mothers. Womens Health Issues 2007; 17:300-9. [PMID: 17826312 PMCID: PMC3394225 DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2007] [Revised: 07/05/2007] [Accepted: 07/05/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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PURPOSE Teenage pregnancy and marijuana use are associated with higher risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In this study, we examined the role of early and current marijuana use as it related to STI risk in a sample of young women who were pregnant teenagers, using a variety of statistical models. METHODS We recruited 279 pregnant adolescents, ages 12-18, from an urban prenatal clinic as part of a study that was developed to evaluate the long-term effects of prenatal substance exposure. Six years later, they were asked about their substance use and sexual history. The association of early and late marijuana use to lifetime sexual partners and STIs was examined, and then structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to illustrate the associations among marijuana use, number of sexual partners, and STIs. RESULTS Bivariate analyses revealed a dose-response effect of early and current marijuana use on STIs in young adulthood. Early and current marijuana use also predicted a higher number of lifetime sexual partners. However, the effect of early marijuana use on STIs was mediated by lifetime number of sexual partners in the SEM, whereas African-American race, more externalizing problems, and a greater number of sexual partners were directly related to more STIs. CONCLUSIONS Adolescent pregnancy, early marijuana use, mental health problems, and African-American race were significant risk factors for STIs in young adult women who had become mothers during adolescence. Pregnant teenage girls should be screened for early drug use and mental health problems, because they may benefit the most from the implementation of STI screening and skill-based prevention programs.
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- Natacha M. De Genna
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Postdoctoral Scholar
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Graduate School of Public Health, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Epidemiology. Webster Hall, 4415 Fifth Avenue, Suite 138, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA 15213; 412-681-3482 (phone), 412-246-6875 (fax)
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- Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Medicine, University of Florida and Associate Director, Florida Center for Medicaid and the Uninsured. College of Public Health and Health Professions, PO Box 100231, Gainesville, FL 32610; 352-273-5869 (phone); 352-273-5365 (fax)
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De Genna NM, Larkby C, Cornelius MD. Early and adverse experiences with sex and alcohol are associated with adolescent drinking before and during pregnancy. Addict Behav 2007; 32:2799-810. [PMID: 17512121 PMCID: PMC2072931 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2006] [Revised: 02/23/2007] [Accepted: 04/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The goal of this study was to examine the effects of early and adverse experiences with sex and alcohol on adolescent drinking the year before and during pregnancy. Pregnant adolescents, recruited at an outpatient prenatal clinic, were interviewed about their substance use. A subsample was asked about their first sexual experiences. Associations among early experiences with alcohol and sex and drinking before and during pregnancy were examined. Early age at first alcoholic drink predicted problem alcohol use before pregnancy and drinking during pregnancy. Coercive first coitus was not associated with alcohol use, but drinking during first coitus predicted problem alcohol use before pregnancy as well as drinking during the first trimester of pregnancy. In sum, early use of alcohol and use of alcohol during first coitus may be risk factors for problematic alcohol use before pregnancy and during pregnancy among childbearing teenagers. Implications for the health of adolescent mothers and their offspring are discussed.
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- Natacha M De Genna
- University of Pittsburgh and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC), Program in Epidemiology, Suite 138, 4415 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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We prospectively examined the relationship between prenatal tobacco exposure (PTE) and child behavior in a birth cohort of 357 offspring of teenage mothers. PTE was defined as any exposure across pregnancy and, in separate analyses, exposure within each trimester. Outcomes included measures of behavior problems, activity, and attention. On average, the children were 6.4 years of age, 48% were females, and 69% were Black. Data on maternal tobacco and other substance use were collected prenatally and postnatally: 46% of the mothers smoked in the first trimester and 58% smoked 6 years later. Child urinary cotinine measured exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Stepwise multiple regressions were run. PTE predicted significantly increased offspring activity; impulsivity; and aggression, externalizing, and total behavior problems in step 1. PTE remained a significant predictor of increased activity when maternal psychological characteristics, home environment, and ETS were added. The results were similar when PTE was examined by trimesters, although later pregnancy tobacco exposure predicted the most behavioral outcomes. In the final model, PTE (all three trimesters) and PTE (second trimester) were significant predictors of increased activity and attention problems, respectively. Other predictors of child behavior included maternal anxiety, depression, hostility, and home environment. ETS was not a significant predictor of child behavior when PTE was considered. Smoking during pregnancy among adolescents is a significant predictor of increased activity and attention problems in their offspring after controlling for covariates in the prenatal and current environments. Smoking cessation interventions are recommended for this population to avoid the effects of PTE on the offspring of pregnant adolescents. This is particularly important because these mothers will likely become pregnant again and many will increase their level of tobacco use as they mature.
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Chapman K, Tarter RE, Kirisci L, Cornelius MD. Childhood neurobehavior disinhibition amplifies the risk of substance use disorder: interaction of parental history and prenatal alcohol exposure. J Dev Behav Pediatr 2007; 28:219-24. [PMID: 17565289 DOI: 10.1097/dbp.0b013e3180327907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This investigation examined the influence of parental substance use disorder (SUD) and mother's alcohol consumption during pregnancy on neurobehavior disinhibition (ND) measured in 10- to 12-year-old children. The extent to which ND predicted SUD outcome 7 to 9 years later was also determined. METHODS SUD was documented in each parent and as the outcome variable in their 19-year-old sons. Average daily alcohol consumption during the mother's pregnancy was recorded using a structured interview. ND was assessed using indicators of behavior undercontrol, affect modulation and executive cognitive functions. RESULTS Paternal SUD and the interaction between maternal SUD and alcohol consumption during pregnancy predicted child's ND score. ND at 10 to 12 years of age was a significant predictor of SUD at age 19. CONCLUSIONS The disinhibitory disturbance associated with risk of SUD has both transmissible and teratogenic causes. The ramifications of this finding for pediatric practice are discussed.
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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Arnold LE, Elliott M, Lindsay RL, Molina B, Cornelius MD, Vitiello B, Hechtman L, Elliott GR, Newcorn J, Epstein JN, Wigal T, Swanson JM, Wells K. Gestational and postnatal tobacco smoke exposure as predictor of ADHD, comorbid ODD/CD, and treatment response in the MTA. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cnr.2005.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Seto M, Cornelius MD, Goldschmidt L, Morimoto K, Day NL. Long-Term Effects of Chronic Depressive Symptoms Among Low-Income Childrearing Mothers. Matern Child Health J 2005; 9:263-71. [PMID: 16075191 DOI: 10.1007/s10995-005-0002-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Longitudinal studies of maternal depression in the postpartum period have demonstrated that a chronic state of depressive symptoms is not rare. In spite of this, however, the characteristics of chronically depressed mothers have rarely been studied. This study examines the demographic and socioenvironmental characteristics across time of childrearing women with chronic depressive symptoms. METHODS A cohort of 476 childrearing lower-income mothers was interviewed from the first trimester of pregnancy through the tenth year postpartum. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D; Radloff, L. (1977) Appl Psychol Meas 1:385-401) was used to define depressive symptomatology. Four groups were defined based on the CES-D scores at 18 months, 3, 6 and 10 years: never-depressed (CES-D < 16), depressed only at one phase (CES-D > or = 16), chronically mildly depressed (CES-D > 16 and < or =24 at three or more phases), and chronically severely depressed (CES-D > or = 25 at three or more times). Demographic and socioenvironmental characteristics of the groups were evaluated across time. RESULTS Chronically depressed women compared to never-depressed women were less likely to be married, had less education, had lower family income, and were more likely to use substances. They reported more frequent arguments with close family members or friends, separation/divorce with partners, financial problems, less social support, and more financial strain. CONCLUSIONS Women who continue to be depressed across the 10 postpartum years have less optimal outcomes compared to women who are not depressed and those who are only intermittently depressed. Pregnancy and delivery and subsequent pediatric visits are important times to identify women who are depressed.
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- Masako Seto
- Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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Cornelius MD, Leech SL, Goldschmidt L, Day NL. Is prenatal tobacco exposure a risk factor for early adolescent smoking? A follow-up study. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2005; 27:667-76. [PMID: 16014324 DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2005.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2004] [Revised: 05/27/2005] [Accepted: 05/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Recent reports indicate a relation between prenatal tobacco exposure (PTE) and offspring smoking. Many of these reports have been retrospective or have not included important variables such as other prenatal substance exposures, maternal and child psycho-social characteristics, mother's current smoking, and friends' smoking. No prior study has examined the timing of PTE. In this prospective study of a birth cohort of 567 14-year-olds, we examined the relation between trimester-specific PTE, offspring smoking, and other correlates of adolescent smoking. Average age of the adolescents was 14.8 years (range: 13.9-16.6 years), 51% were female, 54% were African-American. Data on maternal tobacco and other substance use were collected both prenatally and postnatally, 51% of the mothers were prenatal smokers and 53% smoked when their children were 14 years. PTE in the third trimester significantly predicted offspring smoking (ever/never, smoking level, age of onset) when demographic and other prenatal substances were included in the analyses. PTE remained a significant predictor of the level of adolescent smoking when maternal and child psychological characteristics were added to the model. When more proximal measures of the child's smoking were included in the model, including mother's current smoking and friends' smoking, PTE was no longer significant. Significant predictors of adolescent smoking at age 14 were female gender, Caucasian race, child externalizing behavior, maternal anxiety, and child depressive symptoms. Although direct effects of PTE on offspring smoking behavior have previously been reported from this study and by others, by early-adolescence, this association is not significant after controlling for the more proximal covariates of adolescent smoking such as mother's current smoking and peer smoking.
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- Marie D Cornelius
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Goldschmidt L, Richardson GA, Cornelius MD, Day NL. Prenatal marijuana and alcohol exposure and academic achievement at age 10. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2004; 26:521-32. [PMID: 15203174 DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2004.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2003] [Revised: 04/01/2004] [Accepted: 04/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The effects of prenatal marijuana and alcohol exposure on school achievement at 10 years of age were examined. Women were interviewed about their substance use at the end of each trimester of pregnancy, at 8 and 18 months, and at 3, 6, 10, 14, and 16 years. The women were of lower socioeconomic status, high-school-educated, and light-to-moderate users of marijuana and alcohol. The sample was equally divided between Caucasian and African-American women. At the 10-year follow-up, the effects of prenatal exposure to marijuana or alcohol on the academic performance of 606 children were assessed. Exposure to one or more marijuana joints per day during the first trimester predicted deficits in Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised (WRAT-R) reading and spelling scores and a lower rating on the teachers' evaluations of the children's performance. This relation was mediated by the effects of first-trimester marijuana exposure on the children's depression and anxiety symptoms. Second-trimester marijuana use was significantly associated with reading comprehension and underachievement. Exposure to alcohol during the first and second trimesters of pregnancy predicted poorer teachers' ratings of overall school performance. Second-trimester binge drinking predicted lower reading scores. There was no interaction between prenatal marijuana and alcohol exposure. Each was an independent predictor of academic performance.
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- Lidush Goldschmidt
- Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Pregnant teenagers (N=344) were interviewed during first and third trimesters (average age=16.2 years) and interviewed again as young adults (average age=23.0 years). Nearly 47% were smokers during the first trimester, 58% smoked during the third trimester, and 61% were smokers in their early adult years. Some 40% (n=137) continued smoking into young adulthood (persistent smokers); 7% quit. Average number of cigarettes per day was 10.0 among persistent smokers and 6.8 among quitters (p<.05). Nearly 20% started smoking by young adulthood (late-onset smokers). Persistent smokers and quitters were most similar to one another, and they differed from the late-onset smokers and persistent nonsmokers on demographic, psychological, and behavioral measures. These variables from the teenage years included White race, lower maternal education, lower school grades, more aggression and delinquency problems, and earlier and more peer use of substances. Characteristics from the adult years included White race; lower education; and more anxiety, hostility, and alcohol use. Multivariate analyses using discriminant function analyses showed that three characteristics from the teenage years discriminated across the three smoking groups (persistent, late-onset, quitters): White race, friends' smoking, and lower maternal education. The same analyses using the adult characteristics showed that White race and lower personal educational level discriminated the persistent smokers and quitters from the late-onset smokers. Lower gravidity discriminated the persistent smokers from the quitters. Characteristics of women who are at highest risk of persistent smoking can be identified in both the teenage years and the early adult years, and appropriate interventions can be targeted to those women at highest risk of persistent smoking.
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We examined the prevalence and level of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure using urine cotinine levels in children and three types of maternal self-reports in a sample of 196 low socioeconomic status (SES) mothers and their children. The self-reports were report of the mother's own smoking, report of the number of household smokers, and report of the usual number of daily hours that the child was exposed to ETS. According to the reports, 59% of the children's mothers were current smokers, 71% of the children came from households with smokers, and 85% had daily exposure to ETS. Based on urine cotinine measures adjusted for creatinine, 79% of the children were identified as ETS exposed. The average urine cotinine level was 19.6 ng/mg, and the median cotinine level was 13.1 ng/mg (range: 0-120 ng/mg). Correlations between urine cotinine levels and the three maternal reports were 0.48, 0.43, and 0.36, respectively. The most sensitive maternal report measure was number of hours of exposure per day when using adjusted urine cotinine levels of >/=5 ng/mg were used as the yardstick of exposure. Of the 154 children screened at the level of >/=5 ng/mg, 89.5% were also identified by maternal report as ETS exposed. However, 30 children whose mothers reported ETS exposure had urine cotinine levels of <5 ng/mg. These data showed that ETS exposure was prevalent in low-SES children and that the maternal reports identified a higher number of children as ETS exposed. The biological measures provided data on levels of recent exposure; however, level of exposure from biological measures correlated only moderately with the maternal report. A combination of a maternal report and a biological measure is suggested as the most informative estimate of ETS exposure in young children.
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- Marie D Cornelius
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA.
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Cornelius MD, Goldschmidt L, Day NL, Larkby C. Alcohol, tobacco and marijuana use among pregnant teenagers: 6-year follow-up of offspring growth effects. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2002; 24:703-10. [PMID: 12460652 DOI: 10.1016/s0892-0362(02)00271-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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This prospective study evaluated the relations between maternal alcohol, tobacco and marijuana use during pregnancy and children's growth at 6 years. In this cohort of pregnant teenagers and their offspring, mothers were recruited from an urban prenatal clinic between 1990 and 1995, and observed from their fourth prenatal month. At the delivery assessment, there were 413 live-born singletons. At the 6-year visit, 345 children and mothers were evaluated. Prenatal alcohol and marijuana exposure were significantly associated with growth deficits, after controlling statistically for other prenatal substance use, current maternal substance use, current environmental tobacco exposure (ETS) and sociodemographic and growth-related covariates. There was a significant negative association between the second and third trimester alcohol exposure and offspring height. Third trimester alcohol exposure predicted reduced skinfold thickness. Exposure to any prenatal marijuana in the second trimester was significantly associated with shorter stature. First trimester tobacco exposure was associated with increased skinfold thickness among the 6-year-olds. The effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on growth at birth persisted in older children despite a low level of exposure during gestation. Effects of prenatal marijuana exposure on reduced height were not anticipated and occurred only when use was categorized as any/none. These data are consistent with an emerging body of evidence indicating that, by contrast to the growth deficits associated with smoking during pregnancy, which are evident at birth, the shorter stature associated with prenatal alcohol exposure continues to be evident during childhood.
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- Marie D Cornelius
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3811 O'Hara Building, PA 15213, USA.
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Day NL, Leech SL, Richardson GA, Cornelius MD, Robles N, Larkby C. Prenatal alcohol exposure predicts continued deficits in offspring size at 14 years of age. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2002; 26:1584-91. [PMID: 12394293 DOI: 10.1097/01.alc.0000034036.75248.d9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Growth deficits are among the cardinal features for the diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome. Growth deficits have also been noted among those who were exposed to alcohol prenatally but who do not have fetal alcohol syndrome. Few studies have observed subjects past early and middle childhood, however, to evaluate the longer-term effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on growth in adolescence. This is a report of the effects of alcohol exposure during gestation on the size of the offspring at 14 years of age. METHODS Women were recruited in their fourth prenatal month. These women were interviewed in the fourth and seventh months of pregnancy and at delivery. The women and their children were seen when the offspring were 14 years of age. RESULTS Growth deficits associated with prenatal alcohol exposure were identified among the offspring at 14 years of age. Weight, height, head circumference, and skinfold thickness continued to be significantly affected by prenatal alcohol exposure after controlling for other significant predictors of size. These effects exhibited a dose-response pattern, and significant effects were found at levels below one drink per day. For example, first trimester alcohol exposure predicted weights of 152 lbs for the offspring of abstainers, 149 lbs for the offspring of light drinkers (>0 and <0.2 drinks per day), 143 lbs for the offspring of moderate drinkers (>0.2 and <0.89 drinks per day), and 136 lbs for the offspring of heavy drinkers (>0.89 drinks per day). CONCLUSIONS Prenatal alcohol exposure continues to affect size at age 14 years in this cohort of children followed since their fourth month of gestation.
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- N L Day
- Western Psychiatric Institute, and clinic of the University of Pittsburg Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-2593, USA.
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PURPOSE To examine the relationship of the constructs from the family and school environments and protective individual characteristics to health risk behaviors among pregnant adolescents who smoke. METHODS Inner-city adolescents (N = 53), aged 14-19 years, who were participating in a smoking cessation intervention program, completed self-report demographic, social, and behavioral questionnaires. FINDINGS Independent variables included family connectedness, school connectedness, and individual characteristics of religiosity, self-esteem, and grade-point average. Three areas of health risk behavior were dependent variables: delinquent behavior, substance, and precocious sexual behavior. CONCLUSIONS Positive self-esteem served as a protectivefactorfor alcohol use. In contrast to past studies, school connectedness was a risk, not a protective, factor for substance abuse. Neither school nor family connectedness were protective against delinquent or precocious sexual behavior.
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- Susan A Albrecht
- School of Pharmacy, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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This study evaluated the relationships between maternal smoking during pregnancy and 10-year-old children's performance on measures of learning, memory, and problem-solving. In this prospective cohort study, mothers were recruited from an urban prenatal clinic in 1982 and 1983 and observed from their fourth prenatal month until the time of the study. At the 10-year visit, 593 children and mothers were evaluated. The prevalence of tobacco use was high in this cohort: 54.3%, 53.3%, and 60% of the women smoked in the first trimester, third trimester, and 10-year assessment, respectively. After controlling statistically for other prenatal substance use, current tobacco, other substance use variables, and multiple sociodemographic covariates, prenatal tobacco exposure was significantly associated with deficits in learning and memory. Specifically, prenatal tobacco exposure was associated with deficits in verbal learning and design memory, as well as slowed responding on a test of eye-hand coordination. In addition, these children demonstrated a reduced ability for flexible problem solving and more impulsivity, as indicated by an increase in perseverative responses on a card-sorting test. Prenatally exposed children did not show attention deficits or increased activity on a continuous performance test.
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- M D Cornelius
- Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA
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The primary aim of this study was to determine the clinical factors differentiating adolescents with heavy smoking (> or = 10 cigarettes/day) from adolescents with light smoking. This study involved a study group of 812 adolescents recruited from adolescent alcoholism treatment centers and from the community. Logistic regression analyses demonstrated that adolescents with heavy smoking, compared with adolescents with light smoking, were significantly more likely to demonstrate Caucasian American ethnicity, drug-use disorders, alcohol-use disorders, and conduct disorder. Our findings suggest that the clinical correlates of heavy smoking among adolescents are generally similar to those for smoking at any level (vs. nonsmokers), except that heavy smoking is more strongly associated with Caucasian American ethnicity. Also, depressive disorders were associated with smoking at any level in our sample, but depressive disorders were not associated with heavy smoking.
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- J R Cornelius
- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA.
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Day NL, Richardson GA, Goldschmidt L, Cornelius MD. Effects of prenatal tobacco exposure on preschoolers' behavior. J Dev Behav Pediatr 2000; 21:180-8. [PMID: 10883878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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This is a longitudinal study of the relationship between prenatal tobacco exposure and the development of behavior problems in 672 children at the age of 3 years. Women from a prenatal clinic were interviewed about substance use at the end of each trimester of their pregnancy and at 3 years postpartum. Children were assessed at the age of 3 years with maternal ratings of behavior problems, activity, and attention. The prevalence of tobacco use was high in this cohort; 54.3% and 52.3% of the women smoked tobacco in the first and third trimesters of pregnancy, respectively. At 3 years postpartum, 61.6% of the women were smokers. There were significant effects of prenatal tobacco exposure on the children's behavior at age 3 years. Increases in scores on the Oppositional Behavior, Immaturity, Emotional Instability, Physical Aggression, and Activity scales and in the total score on the Toddler Behavior Checklist (TBC) were significantly associated with prenatal tobacco exposure. Smoking one pack of tobacco cigarettes per day during the third trimester of pregnancy was associated with an increase of 6 points in the total problem behavior score. Among the subscales of the TBC, tobacco exposure had the largest effect on oppositional behavior. Impulsivity and peer problems were associated with both prenatal and current tobacco exposure. Only current tobacco exposure predicted attention problems. Prenatal tobacco exposure had a significant negative effect on the development of behavior problems among preschoolers.
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- N L Day
- Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213-2593, USA. nday+@pitt.edu
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Cornelius JR, Salloum IM, Haskett RF, Daley DC, Cornelius MD, Thase ME, Perel JM. Fluoxetine versus placebo in depressed alcoholics: a 1-year follow-up study. Addict Behav 2000; 25:307-10. [PMID: 10795957 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4603(99)00065-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The authors conducted a first study to evaluate the long-term efficacy of fluoxetine for decreasing the depressive symptoms and the drinking of patients with comorbid major depressive disorder and alcohol dependence. This study consisted of a 1-year naturalistic follow-up of 31 patients who previously had completed a 3-month double-blind, placebo-controlled study of fluoxetine in depressed alcoholics. The fluoxetine group continued to demonstrate less depressive symptoms and less drinking than the placebo group at the 1-year follow-up evaluation. The results of the 1-year follow-up evaluation suggest persistent efficacy for fluoxetine for treating the depressive symptoms and the drinking of depressed alcoholics.
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- J R Cornelius
- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA
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Few studies have considered the etiological role of the fetal environment on the offspring's substance use. This prospective study examines the relations between the mother's prenatal and current smoking and the offspring's smoking experimentation. A low SES birth cohort of 589 10-year-olds, who have been followed since their gestation, completed a self-report questionnaire about their substance use. Half were female, and 52% were African-American. Detailed data on exposure to tobacco and other substances in the prenatal and postnatal periods were collected from the mothers. During pregnancy, 52.6% of the mothers were smokers; 59.7% were smokers when their children were 10. Six per cent of the children (37/589) reported ever smoking cigarettes, 3% had had one full alcoholic drink, and none had started to use other drugs. Maternal smoking during pregnancy was significantly associated with an increased risk of the child's tobacco experimentation. Offspring exposed to more than 1/2 pack per day during gestation had a 5.5-fold increased risk for early experimentation. Structural equation modeling showed that prenatal tobacco exposure had a direct and significant effect on the child's smoking and that maternal current smoking was not significant. Prenatal tobacco exposure also predicted child anxiety/depression and externalizing behaviors, and these outcomes affected child smoking through the mediating effect of peer tobacco use.
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- M D Cornelius
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA.
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Cornelius MD, Day NL. The effects of tobacco use during and after pregnancy on exposed children. Alcohol Res Health 2000; 24:242-9. [PMID: 15986719 PMCID: PMC6709748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy have both been associated with a number of adverse effects on the growth, cognitive development, and behavior of the exposed child. Understanding the effects of prenatal tobacco exposure allows researchers to identify those characteristics that are uniquely related to tobacco and those that are affected by alcohol exposure. This research, along with studies on the effects of alcohol use during pregnancy, has implications for preventing various types of substance use during pregnancy and for treating children affected by prenatal substance use.
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- M D Cornelius
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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BACKGROUND This longitudinal study examines the effects of alcohol use during pregnancy on the growth and gestational age at birth of 413 offspring of adolescents. METHODS Data were collected during 1990 to 1994. The adolescents were from a prenatal clinic in Pittsburgh, PA. They were interviewed at mid-pregnancy and at delivery to obtain information on alcohol and other substance use before and during pregnancy. Infants were examined 24 to 36 hr after birth. RESULTS The average maternal age was 16.3 (12-18) years; 68% were African American. Prenatal exposure to alcohol during the second trimester was significantly related to decreases in head circumference, birthweight, and chest circumference. There was also a significant relationship between alcohol exposure in each trimester and lower Apgar scores. All of the analyses controlled for other prenatal substance use and covariates of drinking during pregnancy. CONCLUSION Prenatal alcohol exposure is associated with decreases in fetal growth and in APGAR scores in the offspring of adolescents.
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- M D Cornelius
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA.
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Studies have reported that between 28 and 62% of pregnant teenagers smoke (Cornelius, Taylor, Geva, & Day, 1995; Trollestrup, Frost, & Starzyk, 1992). Because smoking is prevalent among pregnant teenagers, the purpose of this research is to assess nicotine dependence in this high-risk group. This study analyzed baseline data from a sample of pregnant teen smokers who had volunteered to participate in a smoking cessation study (N = 94). Nicotine dependence was measured by adapting the Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire (FTQ; Prokhorov, Pallonen, Fava, Ding, & Niaura, 1996), and by a 6-item withdrawal symptom scale. The overall FTQ score found among pregnant adolescents was 3.10 (SD = 2.3) compared to the mean overall FTQ score among vocational-technical students of 4.27 (SD = 2.2) (Prokhorov et al., 1996). Duration of smoking in years was significantly correlated with the overall FTQ score (r = 0.43, p < .01). Quantity of smoking, as measured by average number of cigarettes smoked, significantly correlated with overall FTQ scores (r = 0.67, p < .01). Lighter smokers were more likely to have previously attempted to quit, however, among the quit attempters, those who smoked 10+ cigarettes per day reported greater severity of withdrawal symptoms than those who smoked less per day. Prenatal education and smoking cessation programs for pregnant teenagers, and pregnant women in general, need to consider that nicotine dependence is an important issue. Early pregnancy may be an opportune time to intervene among pregnant smokers; incentives may be necessary to attract those women who are the heaviest smokers, and possibly the most dependent on nicotine.
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- S A Albrecht
- University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing, PA 15261, USA. saa01+@pitt.edu
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