| Literature DB >> 25485673 |
Steven R H Beach1, Man Kit Lei1, Gene H Brody1, Tianyi Yu1, Robert A Philibert2.
Abstract
Telomere length (TL) is an indicator of age-related changes at the cellular level associated with heightened mortality risk. The effect of nonsupportive parenting (NSP) during late adolescence and young adulthood on TL 5 years later was examined in a sample of N = 183 young adult African Americans to determine if effects of NSP on TL were mediated by substance use. Results indicated that the effect of caregiver reported NSP on diminished TL was mediated by escalation of drinking and smoking in young adulthood, even after controlling effects of socioeconomic status risk, gender, BMI, young adult stress, and intervention status. Results suggest that prevention of NSP may influence later physical health consequences by influencing substance use trajectory.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID： 25485673 PMCID： PMC4533918 DOI： 10.1037/fam0000039
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Fam Psychol ISSN： 0893-3200