Author: Fiona C Baker
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Adolescent Binge Drinking Is Associated With Accelerated Decline of Gray Matter Volume
The impact of binge drinking on gray matter volume (GMV) development was examined using 5 waves of longitudinal data from the National Consortium on Alcohol and NeuroDevelopment in Adolescence study.
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Self-reported sleep and circadian characteristics predict alcohol and cannabis use: A longitudinal analysis of the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence Study
Here, we used six annual assessments from the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (NCANDA) study to examine whether multiple sleep characteristics in any year predict alcohol and cannabis use the following year.
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A Longitudinal Examination of Alcohol-Related Blackouts as a Predictor of Changes in Learning, Memory, and Executive Function in Adolescents
We examined ARBs as a predictor of persistent changes in the development of learning, memory, and executive function in participants from the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (NCANDA) study.
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Tracking Sleep, Temperature, Heart Rate, and Daily Symptoms Across the Menstrual Cycle with the Oura Ring in Healthy Women
This study used the Oura ring to track changes in sleep and related physiological features, and also tracked self-reported daily functioning and symptoms across the regular, healthy menstrual cycle.
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Did the acute impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on drinking or nicotine use persist? Evidence from a cohort of emerging adults followed for up to nine years
This study examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on drinking and nicotine use through June of 2021 in a community-based sample of young adults.
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Clinical characterization of insomnia in adolescents – an integrated approach to psychopathology
Here, we examine the complexity of clinical, behavioral, and psychosocial factors characterizing insomnia in adolescents.
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Resilience to COVID-19: Socioeconomic Disadvantage Associated With Positive Caregiver–Youth Communication and Youth Preventative Actions
We utilized the longitudinal Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study to understand how family socioeconomic disadvantage relate to disease burden, family communication, and preventative responses to the pandemic.
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The Pandemic’s Toll on Young Adolescents: Prevention and Intervention Targets to Preserve Their Mental Health
This longitudinal study identifies young adolescents who are most vulnerable to the psychological toll of the pandemic and provides insights to inform strategies to help adolescents cope better in times of crisis.
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Parental Knowledge/Monitoring and Depressive Symptoms During Adolescence: Protective Factor or Spurious Association?
The goal of this study was to conduct a more rigorous test of whether knowledge/monitoring is causally related to depressive symptoms.
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Growth trajectories of cognitive and motor control in adolescence: How much is development and how much is practice?
Executive control continues to develop throughout adolescence and is vulnerable to alcohol use. Although longitudinal assessment is ideal for tracking executive function development and onset of alcohol use, prior testing experience must be distinguished from developmental trajectories.
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Risk for depression tripled during the COVID-19 pandemic in emerging adults followed for the last 8 years
The aim of this study was to examine longitudinal changes in depression risk before and during COVID-19 in a cohort of emerging adults in the U.S. and to determine whether prior drinking or sleep habits could predict the severity of depressive symptoms during the pandemic.
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Screen Time Use Among US Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study
The aims of this study were to evaluate adolescents’ self-reported screen use during the pandemic and to assess mental health and resiliency factors associated with screen use.