title: Trajectories of Developmental Functioning Among Children of Adolescent Mothers: Factors Associated With Risk for Delay.
abstract: Children of adolescent mothers are at risk for developmental delays. Less is known about the heterogeneity in these children's developmental trajectories, and factors associated with different patterns of development. This longitudinal study used latent class growth analysis (LCGA) to identify distinct trajectories in children of Mexican-origin adolescent mothers (N = 204). Three distinct groups emerged: (a) a Delayed/Decreasing Functioning group, (b) an At-Risk/Recovering Functioning group, and (c) a Normative/Stable Functioning group. Children with Delayed/Decreasing Functioning were more likely than those with Normative/Stable Functioning to have families with lower income, fewer learning materials at home, and adolescent mothers with more depressive symptoms and greater coparental conflict with adolescents' mother figures. The results contribute to knowledge about factors associated with risk of delay.
authors.affiliation: Laudan B. Jahromi, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York; Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor and Kimberly A. Updegraff, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona; Katharine H. Zeiders, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
authors.forename: Laudan B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Jahromi
authors.affiliation: Laudan B. Jahromi, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York; Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor and Kimberly A. Updegraff, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona; Katharine H. Zeiders, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
authors.forename: Adriana J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Umaña-Taylor
authors.affiliation: Laudan B. Jahromi, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York; Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor and Kimberly A. Updegraff, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona; Katharine H. Zeiders, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
authors.forename: Kimberly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Updegraff
authors.affiliation: Laudan B. Jahromi, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York; Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor and Kimberly A. Updegraff, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona; Katharine H. Zeiders, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
authors.forename: Katharine H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Zeiders
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000453:epidemiology*; D054541:Family Conflict / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: adolescent mothers; developmental delays; developmental trajectories; latent class growth analysis