The long-term objectives of this project are to contribute to knowledge about the nature and origins of postpartum psychopathology and parenting difficulties among teenage mothers, and the transactional relationships that heighten future mental health risks for both mother and child.
The specific aims are to investigate mental health problems as precursors to teenage pregnancy, risks for postpartum psychopathology and the reciprocal processes between teenage parenting, maternal psychopathology and infant dysregulated behavior and emotions. In order to develop specific expertise required as an independent investigator, this K01 proposal encompasses three training goals for the candidate: (i) to gain a fuller understanding of developmental models of psychopathology specific to teenagers;(ii) to develop skills in the assessment of teenage parenting and infant dysregulation;and (iii) to develop expertise in longitudinal statistical analyses to study developmental phenomena over time. These goals will be achieved in a prospective substudy of a longitudinal, large-scale (n=2,451) investigation of girls'behavioral and emotional development (the Pittsburgh Girls Study: PGS). At the start of the substudy data collection, the girls in the PGS will be ages 11-14 years and 6 annual waves of data will already have been collected using multiple informants. It is estimated that 239 teenagers will become mothers during the K01 award period and that a minimum of 191 will participate in the substudy. Participants will be asked to visit the research laboratory with their infant at 2-3 months and at 12 months post delivery for assessment of maternal mental health, parenting and infant behavior and filming of mother-infant interactions. Information from this project may ultimately improve children's welfare by leading to the development of early interventions to reduce mental health risks for teenage pregnancy, postpartum psychopathology and parenting difficulties among adolescents that have long-term, adverse consequences for offspring.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Type
Research Scientist Development Award - Research & Training (K01)
Project #
5K01MH071790-05
Application #
7624333
Study Section
Psychosocial Development, Risk and Prevention Study Section (PDRP)
Program Officer
Zehr, Julia L
Project Start
2005-09-09
Project End
2011-04-30
Budget Start
2009-06-01
Budget End
2011-04-30
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
2009
Total Cost
$154,633
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Pittsburgh
Department
Psychiatry
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
004514360
City
Pittsburgh
State
PA
Country
United States
Zip Code
15213
Hipwell, Alison E; Stepp, Stephanie D; Moses-Kolko, Eydie L et al. (2016) Predicting adolescent postpartum caregiving from trajectories of depression and anxiety prior to childbirth: a 5-year prospective study. Arch Womens Ment Health 19:871-82
Keenan, Kate; Culbert, Kristen M; Grimm, Kevin J et al. (2014) Timing and tempo: Exploring the complex association between pubertal development and depression in African American and European American girls. J Abnorm Psychol 123:725-36
Hipwell, Alison; Stepp, Stephanie; Chung, Tammy et al. (2012) Growth in alcohol use as a developmental predictor of adolescent girls' sexual risk-taking. Prev Sci 13:118-28
van der Molen, Elsa; Hipwell, Alison E; Vermeiren, Robert et al. (2012) Cumulative effects of mothers' risk and promotive factors on daughters' disruptive behavior. J Abnorm Child Psychol 40:727-39
Pardini, Dustin; Stepp, Stephanie; Hipwell, Alison et al. (2012) The clinical utility of the proposed DSM-5 callous-unemotional subtype of conduct disorder in young girls. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 51:62-73.e4
Keenan, Kate; Hipwell, Alison; Stepp, Stephanie (2012) Race and sexual behavior predict uptake of the human papillomavirus vaccine. Health Psychol 31:31-4
van der Molen, Elsa; Hipwell, Alison E; Vermeiren, Robert et al. (2011) Maternal characteristics predicting young girls' disruptive behavior. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 40:179-90
Hipwell, Alison E; Sapotichne, Brenna; Klostermann, Susan et al. (2011) Autobiographical memory as a predictor of depression vulnerability in girls. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 40:254-65
Kroneman, Leoniek M; Hipwell, Alison E; Loeber, Rolf et al. (2011) Contextual risk factors as predictors of disruptive behavior disorder trajectories in girls: the moderating effect of callous-unemotional features. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 52:167-75
Hipwell, Alison E; Stepp, Stephanie D; Keenan, Kate et al. (2011) Brief report: Parsing the heterogeneity of adolescent girls' sexual behavior: relationships to individual and interpersonal factors. J Adolesc 34:589-92

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