Associations between Developmental Trajectories of Emotional Problems and Early Adult Alcohol Use Behaviours

Duration: 29 mins Publication Date: 11 Oct 2024 Next Review Date: 11 Oct 2024 DOI: 10.13056/acamh.13579

Description

In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Tong Chen discusses her JCPP paper ‘Developmental trajectories of child and adolescent emotional problems: associations with early adult alcohol use behaviours’. There is an overview of the paper, key findings, and implications for practice.

Learning Objectives

1. Why it is important to investigate the relationship between developmental trajectories of emotional problems in childhood and adolescence and subsequent alcohol use in adulthood.
2. The difference between the association between emotional problems in childhood and alcohol use in adulthood in comparison to the association between emotional problems in adolescence and alcohol use in adulthood.
3. Insight into the dataset used (the Twins Early Development Study) and the benefits of the twin-design.
4. The gender differences in the developmental trajectories of emotional problems in childhood and adolescence and subsequent alcohol use in adulthood.
5. The potential clinical implications of the findings.

Related Content Links

JCPP

Paper Link

https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcpp.14034

About this Lesson

Speakers

Dr. Tong Chen

Dr. Tong Chen

Postdoctoral Scholar in Developmental Psychology at The Pennsylvania State University

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