TY - JOUR
T1 - The Profundity of the Everyday
T2 - Family Routines in Adolescence Predict Development in Young Adulthood
AU - Barton, Allen W.
AU - Brody, Gene H.
AU - Yu, Tianyi
AU - Kogan, Steven M.
AU - Chen, Edith
AU - Ehrlich, Katherine B.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by Award Number R01 HD030588 from the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development, and Award Number P30 DA027827 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018
PY - 2019/3
Y1 - 2019/3
N2 - Purpose: The current study was designed to investigate the unique, long-term effects of family routines during adolescence on multiple developmental domains in young adulthood for rural African-Americans. Methods: Prospective data were collected annually for 6 years from 504 rural African-American youth and their parents, beginning when the youth were 16 years of age. Results: Results indicated that youth whose primary caregivers reported more family routines during adolescence (e.g., regularly eating together as a family, consistent bedtime) reported less alcohol use, greater emotional self-regulation, lower epinephrine levels, and higher rates of college/university enrollment in young adulthood. These effects were evident for all outcomes controlling for socioeconomic risk, sex, and available baseline (age 16 years) measures; for a subset of outcomes, the effects of family routines persisted even after taking into account levels of supportive parenting, harsh parenting, and household chaos. Conclusions: Findings substantiate the benefits of consistent, predictable family environments for healthy development and suggest that family routines constitute an important, yet understudied, factor for adolescents’ long-term development.
AB - Purpose: The current study was designed to investigate the unique, long-term effects of family routines during adolescence on multiple developmental domains in young adulthood for rural African-Americans. Methods: Prospective data were collected annually for 6 years from 504 rural African-American youth and their parents, beginning when the youth were 16 years of age. Results: Results indicated that youth whose primary caregivers reported more family routines during adolescence (e.g., regularly eating together as a family, consistent bedtime) reported less alcohol use, greater emotional self-regulation, lower epinephrine levels, and higher rates of college/university enrollment in young adulthood. These effects were evident for all outcomes controlling for socioeconomic risk, sex, and available baseline (age 16 years) measures; for a subset of outcomes, the effects of family routines persisted even after taking into account levels of supportive parenting, harsh parenting, and household chaos. Conclusions: Findings substantiate the benefits of consistent, predictable family environments for healthy development and suggest that family routines constitute an important, yet understudied, factor for adolescents’ long-term development.
KW - African-American
KW - Alcohol use
KW - Education
KW - Epinephrine
KW - Family
KW - Routines
KW - Self-regulation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.08.029
DO - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.08.029
M3 - Article
C2 - 30392861
AN - SCOPUS:85055748424
VL - 64
SP - 340
EP - 346
JO - Journal of Adolescent Health
JF - Journal of Adolescent Health
SN - 1054-139X
IS - 3
ER -