The proposed research focuses on the implications of mental health for the transition to adulthood. It has 4 specific aims: (1) to estimate the effects of youth's mental health problems on social outcomes (socioeconomic attainment, sexual behavior, romantic relationships) in early adulthood;(2) to establish the temporal form of the associations of youth's mental health problems with social outcomes;(3) to identify experiences in key social domains which mediate or moderate the effects of mental health problems on social outcomes;and (4) to estimate racial/ethnic and gender differences in the effects of youth's mental health problems on social outcomes, and in the processes that explain them. The project analyzes data from 3 existing data sets to address these aims: the Children of the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth, the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth 1997 cohort, and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). It applies both basic and advanced statistical techniques to this data (ordinary least squares regression, logistic regression, event history analysis, latent growth curve models, and growth mixture models) to yield important new insights into the processes through which youth's mental health problems affect the transition to adulthood. The results of the analyses will inform general theoretical debates regarding developmental continuity and discontinuity, as well as the design of effective interventions for troubled youth.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
3R01HD050288-04S1
Application #
7931657
Study Section
Social Psychology, Personality and Interpersonal Processes Study Section (SPIP)
Program Officer
King, Rosalind B
Project Start
2009-09-30
Project End
2010-09-29
Budget Start
2009-09-30
Budget End
2010-09-29
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
2009
Total Cost
$36,974
Indirect Cost
Name
Indiana University Bloomington
Department
Social Sciences
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
006046700
City
Bloomington
State
IN
Country
United States
Zip Code
47401
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