The Female Adolescent Development Study
The primary objectives of the Female Adolescent Development Study are;
* To examine rates of high-risk sexual behaviors, teen pregnancy, and teen parenthood in maltreated and comparison females aged 14 through 18 years.
* To test whether pre-pregnancy risk mechanisms will mediate the relationship between predispositional antecedents (including maltreatment) and subsequent high-risk sexual behaviors, teen pregnancy, and teen parenthood.
* To discern unique pathways to high-risk sexual behaviors, teen pregnancy, and teen parenthood across maltreated and non-maltreated groups of adolescent females.
* To work toward an understanding of the developmental sequencing of pre-pregnancy risks that are predictive of subsequent high-risk sexual behaviors, pregnancy and parenthood for both maltreated and non-maltreated adolescent females.
* To examine pre-pregnancy mechanisms that serve to moderate the associations among three major outcomes; high-risk sexual behaviors, teen pregnancy, and teen parenthood.
The secondary objectives are;
* To provide evidence that childhood maltreatment accounts for unique variance in high-risk sexual behaviors, teen pregnancy, and teen parenthood while taking into account alternative adverse childhood traumatic events.
* To discern differences in high-risk sexual behaviors, teen pregnancy, and teen parenthood that are associated with race and ethnicity.
* To examine the differential impact of various maltreatment characteristics (i.e., type of maltreatment, number of victimizations, combinations of different types of maltreatment, perpetrator identity, severity, duration, age at onset, and disclosure characteristics) on subsequent high-risk sexual behaviors, teen pregnancy, and teen parenthood.
* To explore predictors of continued high-risk sexual behaviors and rapid-repeat pregnancy in females who become primiparous during the course of the study.
* To describe the parenting attitudes, parenting stress, and prenatal, labor, and delivery complications experienced by adolescent mothers.
Overview
- Acronym
- FADS
- Investigators
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- Contacts
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General Design
- Study design
- Other : Cross-sequential
- Start - End Year
- 2007 - 2013
- General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
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Participants are followed yearly over a 5-year period.
- Recruitment Target
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- Individuals
- Number of Participants
- 549
- Supplementary information about number of participants
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549 caregivers reported on adolescent functioning.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Marker Papers
Chad E. Shenk, Jennie G. Noll, James L. Peugh, et al. Contamination in the Prospective Study of Child Maltreatment and Female Adolescent Health, Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Volume 41, Issue 1, January/February 2016, Pages 37–45, https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsv017
PUBMED 25797944Timeline
Populations
FADS - Maltreated Females
The population is composed of females who were physically or medically neglected or who experienced physical or sexual abuse and are aged 14 to 17 years at the time of recruitment.
Selection Criteria
- Gender
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Women only
- Minimum age
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14
- Maximum age
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17
- Countries
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- United States of America
- Territory
- Ohio and Kentucky
- Health Status
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- Exclusion: * Developmentally disabled (as determined by the Woodcock-Johnson cognitive battery vocabulary test score at recruitment).
- Other Criteria
- Inclusion: * Maltreatment disclosed within six months of enrollment into the study. Exclusions: * Pregnant or primiparous at the time of enrollment. * Adolescents whose caregivers refuse to participate. * Adolescents whose caregiver is a foster parent that is not considered kinship care.
Sources of Recruitment
- Specific Population
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- Clinic patients
- Supplementary Information
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Participants are recruited through the Mayerson Center for Safe and Healthy Children at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CHMC) and a local JFS (Job and Family Services) agency.
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- 345
- Supplementary information about number of participants
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* Neglected females: 63 participants * Physically abused females: 64 participants * Sexually abused females: 218 participants
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Data sources | Data sources - Biosamples | Start | End |
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| 0 | FADS - Maltreated Females - T1 |
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2007 | 2009 | |
| 1 | FADS - Maltreated Females - T2 |
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2008 | 2010 | |
| 2 | FADS - Maltreated Females - T3 |
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2009 | 2011 | |
| 3 | FADS - Maltreated Females - T4 |
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2010 | 2012 | |
| 4 | FADS - Maltreated Females - T5 |
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2011 | 2013 |
FADS - Comparison Females
The population is composed of non-maltreated females aged 14 to 17 years at the time of recruitment.
Selection Criteria
- Gender
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Women only
- Minimum age
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14
- Maximum age
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17
- Countries
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- United States of America
- Territory
- Ohio and Kentucky
- Health Status
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- Exclusion: * Developmentally disabled (as determined by the Woodcock-Johnson cognitive battery vocabulary test score at recruitment).
- Other Criteria
- Exclusions: * Pregnant or primiparous at the time of enrollment. * Adolescents whose caregivers refuse to participate will be excluded. * Adolescents whose caregiver is a foster parent that is not considered kinship care. * Comparison subjects who report being victims of maltreatment via PTSD Index.
- Supplementary Information about selection criteria
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Participants were matched to the maltreated females on gender, race, income, and family constellation (1 or 2 parents in households).
Sources of Recruitment
- General Population
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- Volunteer enrolment
- Supplementary Information
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Participants are recruited from the Teen Health Center at CHMC (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) and from the communities in which the maltreated females reside through recruitment binders, flyers, recruiters and mass-mailing in appropriate zip code areas.
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- 204
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Data sources | Data sources - Biosamples | Start | End |
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| 0 | FADS - Comparison Females - T1 |
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2007 | 2009 | |
| 1 | FADS - Comparison Females - T2 |
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2008 | 2010 | |
| 2 | FADS - Comparison Females - T3 |
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2009 | 2011 | |
| 3 | FADS - Comparison Females - T4 |
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2010 | 2012 | |
| 4 | FADS - Comparison Females - T5 |
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2011 | 2013 |
Participating Studies
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Harmonization Initiatives Included
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Variables Content Summary
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