Patterns of Co-occurring Developmental Failures in Adolescence: Socioeconomic and Genetic Antecedents and Health Outcomes in Adulthood

Citation

Wickrama, Kandauda; Lee, Tae Kyoung; Klopack, Eric T.; Lee, Seonhwa; & O’Neal, Catherine Walker (2022). Patterns of Co-occurring Developmental Failures in Adolescence: Socioeconomic and Genetic Antecedents and Health Outcomes in Adulthood. Biodemography and Social Biology. pp. 1-20

Abstract

This study investigates (1) conjoint latent classes of adolescent co-occurring developmental problems (obesity, depressive symptoms, and low educational attainment), (2) socioeconomic and genetic influences on these classes of adolescents’ problem trajectories, and (3) physical health consequences of those latent classes. Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health; N = 9,107; mean age = 15.5 years; Female = 52.9 per cent) were used to identify classes of early socioeconomic adversity and conjoint trajectory groups of co-occurring developmental problems. Profiles of social antecedents, genetic endowments (polygenic scores), and physical health outcomes in young adulthood were compared across identified four conjoint trajectory risk groups (overall high-risk, overall low-risk, BMI-risk or obesity, low education-risk). The results showed that youth with overall high-risk and BMI/education-specific risk trajectory groups were more likely to be Black or Hispanic, reported more adverse socioeconomic characteristics and genetic endowment, and averaged significantly poorer physical health in young adulthood compared with youth in the overall low-risk problem trajectory group. Less pronounced differences emerged between the high-risk and problem-specific-risk groups. The findings highlight heterogeneity in adolescent co-occurring developmental problems. Adolescent heterogeneous problem co-development is associated with background socioeconomic and genetic characteristics and physical health in young adulthood.

URL

https://doi.org/10.1080/19485565.2022.2052710

Keyword(s)

Multiple developmental problems

Reference Type

Journal Article

Journal Title

Biodemography and Social Biology

Author(s)

Wickrama, Kandauda
Lee, Tae Kyoung
Klopack, Eric T.
Lee, Seonhwa
O’Neal, Catherine Walker

Year Published

2022

Pages

1-20

ISSN/ISBN

1948-5565

DOI

10.1080/19485565.2022.2052710

Reference ID

9666