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Wagener, Theodore L.; Gregor, Kristin L.; Busch, Andrew M.; McQuaid, Elizabeth L.; Borrelli, Belinda – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: No studies have examined the relationship between caregiver beliefs about the risks of smoking to their own health and caregiver beliefs about the effect of their smoking on their child's health. In the current study, we investigated our proposed "risk congruence hypothesis" among caregivers who smoke. Specifically, we investigated…
Descriptors: Smoking, Caregivers, Diseases, Child Health
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Walker, Linda S.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1994
Results indicated among children in low social competence at initial clinic visit, higher levels of subsequent negative life events predicted higher levels of somatic complaints at follow-up. Life events and somatic complaints were also related to characteristics exhibited by patient's parents. (53 references) (BF)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adolescents, Children, Family Environment
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Wadsworth, Martha E.; Achenbach, Thomas M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
Two mechanisms of the hypothesized social causation of psychopathology--differential incidence and cumulative prevalence--were tested over 9 years in a nationally representative sample of 1,075 children and youths, ages 8-17 at Time 1 (1986). Analyses using parental responses on behavior checklists at 4 time points showed significant increases in…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Incidence, Adolescents, Socioeconomic Status