Depressive Symptoms in Young Adults: The Influences of the Early Home Environment and Early Educational Child Care
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The relationship between depressive symptoms in young adults, the quality of the early home environment, and early educational child care was investigated in young adults randomly assigned to receive early childhood intervention in the Abecedarian study. Of the original 111 infants enrolled (98% African American), 104 participated in an age-21 follow-up. Those who had early treatment reported fewer depressive symptoms. The protective effects of the early childhood program were further supported by a significant home environment by treatment interaction. Negative effects of lower quality home environments on young adult depressive symptoms were almost entirely offset by preschool treatment, whereas depressive symptoms increased as the quality of the early home environment decreased for those in the control group.
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Starting early can have dramatic life-long positive impacts on health and the social determinants of health.
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In the Abecedarian project, by age 21, individuals in the intervention group had fewer symptoms of depression, lower marijuana use, a more active lifestyle, and significant educational and vocational advantages compared to controls.
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- Authors
- McLaughlin, A. E., Campbell, F. A., Pungello, E. P., & Skinner, M.
- Affiliations
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Corresponding author
- Campbell, Frances A
- ORCID
- Skinner, Martie
- Venue
- Child Development
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2007-05-01
- Volume
- 78
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 746-756
- ISSN
- 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-8624
- OpenAlex
- W2006505737
- Cited by
- 128
- References
- 41
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 47.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Child Development (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r01hd036187-03)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01-HD36187, R01HD054702)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Keywords
- depressive symptoms, young adults, early childhood intervention, preschool education, child care quality, African American children
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Black or African American, Culture, Depression, Family, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant Care, Male, Psychological Theory, Social Environment, Teaching, United States
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