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ArticleBiological psychiatry2018

Parenting and Salience Network Connectivity Among African Americans: A Protective Pathway for Health-Risk Behaviors.

Christopher J Holmes, Allen W Barton, James MacKillop, Adriana Galván, Max M Owens, Michael J McCormick, Tianyi Yu, Steven R H Beach, Gene H Brody, Lawrence H Sweet

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Article in Biological psychiatry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Christopher J HolmesCenter for Family Research, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
Allen W BartonCenter for Family Research, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Electronic address: awbarton@uga.edu.
James MacKillopPeter Boris Centre for Addictions Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Adriana GalvánDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
Max M OwensDepartment of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
Michael J McCormickDepartment of Psychology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.
Tianyi YuCenter for Family Research, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
Steven R H BeachCenter for Family Research, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
Gene H BrodyCenter for Family Research, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
Lawrence H SweetDepartment of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
University of Georgia · USAuburn University · USMcMaster University · CAUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

RURAL AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUNG ADULTS' PATHWAYS TO PSYCHOSOCIAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTHR01HD030588 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA (UGA) · PI EHRLICH, KATHERINE BABCOCK · 1993 to 2023
$12.0M
Vulnerability to Drug Use & HIV: Advancing Prevention for Rural African AmericansP30DA027827 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI BRODY, GENE H. · 2009 to 2018
$10.2M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD030588NIDA NIH HHS P30 DA027827
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSupportive parenting during childhood has been associated with many positive developmental outcomes for offspring in adulthood, including fewer health-risk behaviors. Little is known about the neural mechanisms underlying these associations.

methodsThe present study followed rural African Americans (n = 91, 52% female) from late childhood (11-13 years of age) to emerging adulthood (25 years of age). Parent-child communication was assessed at 11, 12, and 13 years of age. Functional magnetic resonance imaging was used at 25 years of age to measure resting-state functional connectivity of the anterior salience network (ASN). Harmful alcohol use and emotional eating were also assessed at 25 years of age. Structural equation modeling was used to test pathways from parent-child communication at 11 to 13 years of age to harmful alcohol use and emotional eating at 25 years of age via resting-state functional connectivity of the ASN.

resultsGreater parent-child communication between 11 and 13 years of age forecast greater resting-state functional connectivity of the ASN at 25 years of age which, in turn, was associated with lower harmful alcohol use and emotional eating at 25 years of age. Significant indirect effects through the ASN were present for both outcomes.

conclusionsThese findings indicate the importance of parenting in late childhood for adaptive behaviors and suggest a pathway via higher ASN coherence. This network was implicated in both harmful alcohol use and emotional eating, corroborating evidence of overlap in brain regions for dysregulated substance use and eating behaviors and revealing divergent pathways. These findings support the value of prevention and intervention efforts targeting parenting skills in childhood toward fostering long-term, adaptive neurocognitive development.

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Health Risk BehaviorsParentingAdolescentAdultAlcoholismBlack or African AmericanBrainBrain MappingChildEatingEmotionsFemaleHumansLatent Class AnalysisLongitudinal StudiesMagnetic Resonance ImagingAfrican AmericansEmotional eatingHarmful alcohol useParentingResting-state functional connectivitySalience network

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