TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of culture and environment in the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study
T2 - Rationale, description of measures, and early data
AU - Zucker, Robert A.
AU - Gonzalez, Raul
AU - Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W.
AU - Paulus, Martin P.
AU - Arroyo, Judith
AU - Fuligni, Andrew
AU - Morris, Amanda Sheffield
AU - Sanchez, Mariana
AU - Wills, Thomas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018
PY - 2018/8
Y1 - 2018/8
N2 - Neurodevelopmental maturation takes place in a social environment in addition to a neurobiological one. Characterization of social environmental factors that influence this process is therefore an essential component in developing an accurate model of adolescent brain and neurocognitive development, as well as susceptibility to change with the use of marijuana and other drugs. The creation of the Culture and Environment (CE) measurement component of the ABCD protocol was guided by this understanding. Three areas were identified by the CE Work Group as central to this process: influences relating to CE Group membership, influences created by the proximal social environment, influences stemming from social interactions. Eleven measures assess these influences, and by time of publication, will have been administered to well over 7,000 9–10 year-old children and one of their parents. Our report presents baseline data on psychometric characteristics (mean, standard deviation, range, skewness, coefficient alpha) of all measures within the battery. Effectiveness of the battery in differentiating 9–10 year olds who were classified as at higher and lower risk for marijuana use in adolescence was also evaluated. Psychometric characteristics on all measures were good to excellent; higher vs. lower risk contrasts were significant in areas where risk differentiation would be anticipated.
AB - Neurodevelopmental maturation takes place in a social environment in addition to a neurobiological one. Characterization of social environmental factors that influence this process is therefore an essential component in developing an accurate model of adolescent brain and neurocognitive development, as well as susceptibility to change with the use of marijuana and other drugs. The creation of the Culture and Environment (CE) measurement component of the ABCD protocol was guided by this understanding. Three areas were identified by the CE Work Group as central to this process: influences relating to CE Group membership, influences created by the proximal social environment, influences stemming from social interactions. Eleven measures assess these influences, and by time of publication, will have been administered to well over 7,000 9–10 year-old children and one of their parents. Our report presents baseline data on psychometric characteristics (mean, standard deviation, range, skewness, coefficient alpha) of all measures within the battery. Effectiveness of the battery in differentiating 9–10 year olds who were classified as at higher and lower risk for marijuana use in adolescence was also evaluated. Psychometric characteristics on all measures were good to excellent; higher vs. lower risk contrasts were significant in areas where risk differentiation would be anticipated.
KW - Acculturation
KW - Cultural identity
KW - Family effects
KW - Social interaction
KW - Substance use
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85044853128&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.dcn.2018.03.004
DO - 10.1016/j.dcn.2018.03.004
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29627333
AN - SCOPUS:85044853128
SN - 1878-9293
VL - 32
SP - 107
EP - 120
JO - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
JF - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
ER -